Word: mistrustful
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...Johnstons and their dozen or so confederates have escaped convictions, despite dozens of arrests, several indictments and trials. One reason is sloppy police work: most cases against them collapsed because of technical errors or tainted evidence. Another is the closemouthed ways of the people in southern Chester County, who mistrust outsiders, especially police. Says Chester County District Attorney William Lamb: "When they have a problem, they prefer to settle it themselves...
...Jonestown? The Evangelical Protestants and the Fundamentalists have been waging ideological hand-to-hand combat with them, as have Jewish groups (which are fending off Christian evangelists at the same time). But Roman Catholicism and the more liberal Protestant denominations have settled for polite discourse, though they, too, mistrust the cults...
...relations with the U.S.: The foundations of Japan's foreign policy are built on close relations with the U.S. This must not be allowed to change. There must not be the slightest bit of mistrust between the two nations...
...relationship. Signing SALT II will improve the atmosphere and help solve some of our other problems. Politically it will show that we can agree on the central issue of our relationship. It is hard to say how long [voluntary arms] restraint can last. Delay can stir suspicion and mistrust and could have tremendously serious consequences...
Adams' supervision of FBI investigations has gained him even greater mistrust among veteran agents. They cite three reasons...