Word: mistrusting
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...against him? The business lobby wanted to see one of their own become Chief Executive. Hong Kong's leftists mistrust Tsang as a colonial Anglophile (the knighthood, the British boarding schools his two sons attend). And the democrats find Tsang too conservative. In its eagerness to replace Tung, Beijing may have underestimated the contentiousness of Hong Kong party politics. If Tsang can't keep the territory's powerful factions under control, he could find it difficult to get anything done...
...these counselors are biased against men, according to Lone Fathers Association national president Barry Williams, who says he's warned the Attorney-General that the government's reforms will flop unless fresh blood infiltrates the counseling ranks. Though it would be unfair to suggest that most of these counselors mistrust and dislike men, argues Michael Green, QC, president of the Shared Parenting Council of Australia and author of the 1998 book Fathers After Divorce, "in some agencies there's an element of feminism." In Green's view, Bryant's predecessor as Chief Justice, Alastair Nicholson, tended to be swayed...
Shortly before Viktor Yushchenko announced that Yuliya Tymoshenko was his choice for Prime Minister, Ukraine's President met with his controversial political ally and gave her a simple message. Tymoshenko would have to work hard to overcome the dislike and mistrust many Ukrainians, especially in the Russian-speaking east, feel for her; she'd have to win over opposing factions in parliament; and she'd have to do it on her own. "Viktor told her she must address people's concerns, starting with parliament," says Oleg Rybachuk, a Yushchenko confidant and M.P. for his Our Ukraine party who will soon...
...think I'll stay here for my year," says Major Per-Erik Widmark, a Swedish military observer from the European Union. "Unfortunately, it doesn't take a lot to start a war, but it takes a lot to end it. And for sure, there's a lot of mistrust here...
Peres described a culture of mistrust and dislike between Israelis and Palestinians...