Word: trustingly
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...Yankelovich poll taken last May. He gets a 68% approval rating on the effectiveness of his relationship with Congress and 48% feel he is off to a good start in making Americans feel good about themselves again. Asked whether Reagan is seen as a leader they can trust, 52% said yes in the most recent poll, compared to 57% last May and 48% when he took office. Forty-four percent reported that they had doubts and reservations about the President, compared to 39% in May and 46% in January. That figure is almost identical to Jimmy Carter's rating...
David Luberoff, the executive director of the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston at the Kennedy School of Government, welcomed the change, but said that the MBTA also must to address other more pressing issues, like fixing escalators, if it wants to maintain its riders’ trust...
...Lincoln's honesty and sincerity--"there was no vain pomp and ceremony about him ... In his company I was never in any way reminded of my humble origin, or of my unpopular color." He sensed a kindred spirit in Lincoln, someone "whom I could love, honor, and trust without reserve or doubt." The respect was mutual; Lincoln regarded Douglass as "one of the most meritorious men, if not the most meritorious man, in the United States...
...break off his engagement to Mary Todd had left him devastated, not only because he had hurt Mary but also because he had long considered his ability to keep his word "as the only, or at least the chief, gem of [his] character." Now he could no longer trust himself in that regard...
...WHAT ARE YOUR PRIORITIES? To provide the victims with houses as soon as possible. Next, help them get their jobs back, so fishermen can go back to the sea, farmers can go back to work on their land. The third is to maintain or to improve the level of trust of the donors so that they have full confidence in us, and so that the flow of money can be maintained...