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Pick just about any major institution, and chances are Americans are scrambling to find a more agreeable substitute. The Yankelovich Monitor, an annual survey of 4,000 Americans based on interviews conducted in their homes, shows a steep erosion of trust in traditional authority. Among the fallen: doctors, religious leaders, big companies, schools and especially the Federal Government. What makes people in the survey ``very angry,'' said 55% of them in 1994, up from 44% the previous year, is people in positions of power who ``say one thing and do another...
Partly by default, perhaps, Americans now put more trust in themselves than in authority figures. In the 1994 Monitor survey, 80% expressed strong confidence in their own abilities, up 8 points from the previous year. The new measure of success, a growing majority declared, is being in control of their lives. Says Roger Conner, a Washington lobbyist for community organizations: ``Responsibility is the key word for the '90s.'' For better and for worse, that renewed self-reliance is reshaping the way Americans educate their children, protect their families, invest their savings, run their communities, maintain their health and view their...
...distrust of authority cuts across almost all aspects of American life, including the spiritual realm. Whereas religious leaders are enjoying a modest comeback in credibility, according to the Yankelovich Monitor, Americans want to keep their own counsel. ``We're finding that people are uncertain about things, but they've got their own moral tool kits,'' says Alan Wolfe, chairman of the sociology department at Boston University. ``So you can say authority has broken down, but you can also say that people have a great opportunity to make up their own understanding of the world. A lot of people are very...
...armed forces may one day explode, with dire consequences -- not only for the U.S. but also for the world. American and NATO military bases still encircle Russia, despite declarations about the end of the cold war. The U.S. military budget keeps growing, along with Washington's combat strength. We monitor this closely. Only naive people who do not know Russia might believe that our military will accept the position of second best in the world. We seek to be equal to the strongest. Yeltsin has denied us our most precious professional feeling: a sense of pride in our own might...
...announcing the arrest, police said Smith is the person responsible for the theft of three computers, two computer hard drives and a monitor from the Science Center this month...