Word: mistrustful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...unfortunate that a meeting that was supposed to heal the mistrust and anger between two historically unfriendly nations only stirred up more discontent. Though Beijing has not officially commented on the document, many Chinese don't think the statement goes far enough. Almost every Chinese family was affected by the earlier Japanese aggression, and it has been hard to let go of that grief...
...thieving--except, of course, when we ourselves get robbed. If our leaders are oppressive, it is because too many people in this country are wailing for the khozyain, the autocratic boss. Of course, once we Russians have ourselves a khozyain, we will become alienated from him anyway because the mistrust of authority runs that deep. But have him we will, quite soon, since freedom and democracy are dirty words in Russia today. Most Russians have never realized that freedom requires responsibility, that it demands visceral, spiritual discipline. Freedom can be based only on firm ethical and legal norms, and these...
...containment of Iraq has collapsed: the coalition dead, the inspections stopped, the embargo porous and teetering. And Iran? Even as it tests an 800-mile-range missile, even as it rushes to build nuclear weapons, the new party line enunciated by Albright is detente, bringing down "the wall of mistrust" between the two countries...
...groups. In interviews conducted by TIME with Rosen in New York City and Abdi in Tehran, they said they were encouraged to meet after Iranian President Mohammed Khatami's call last January--quickly taken up by President Clinton--for cultural exchanges aimed at bringing down the "wall of mistrust" between their two nations...
...hallmark of Khatami's campaign for change is his very tentative effort to create a less hostile relationship with the American "Great Satan." Last January he called for cultural exchanges aimed at breaking down the "wall of mistrust" between Tehran and Washington. When Secretary of State Madeleine Albright finally delivered a full-blown response to Khatami two weeks ago, calling on Iran to explore further confidence-building steps and draw a road map to "normal relations," it was the most conciliatory tone on Iran to come out of Washington since Khomeini's revolutionaries held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days...