Word: mistrust
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...Harold J. Berman, professor of Law and specialist in the Russian legal system. In the light of this, Berman said, "it is plausible that Stalin during his lifetime attempted to provide for the succession of his power to one man, probably Malenkov, and assuming that there is not complete mistrust of Malenkov among the top leaders such as Molotov and Beria, I see no reason why a peaceful and orderly succession is not possible...
Always agile at getting two benefits from one move, the Russians are already exploiting their break with Israel in that vast strategic vacuum, the Middle East. They found eager hearers among the Arabs, who dislike Britain and France for past colonial behavior and mistrust the U.S. for its constant support of Israel. The day after Vishinsky's note, every newspaper in Syria printed editorials hailing Russia's action and urging other governments to do likewise...
...expensive piece." The story is told that Pinay, unable one weekend to get his customary haircut at St. Chamond, went to a Paris barber, and was shocked when he was charged twice what he usually paid back home. Now there is a price ceiling on haircuts. He eased the mistrust of France's cautious peasants by combining a general amnesty for past income-tax evasions with a novel bond issue which could be cashed for gold: it drew more than 34 tons ($42 million) out of cellars, socks and mattresses all over France...
...book tells how Britons gradually came to know the U.S. serviceman, and to discover the "likeness between G.I. Joe and Tommy Atkins . . . Like his British colleague, the American soldier was an amateur, and reared to mistrust the posturings of professional militarists ... A civilian at heart, he drove his tank as if it were a long-distance truck on U.S. Route 1, set out from British ports on Arctic convoys or anti-submarine patrols as if he were taking the family across to Staten Island, and bombed-up a Flying Fortress as though he were loading the mails from Bismarck...
...Inspecteur de Penseuignement des Leagues Vivantes," Paul Feraud--he thinks Americans mistrust the term inspector and prefers to be called the supervisor of Paris schools--yesterday said he sees little similarity between language teaching methods at the University and in Europe...