Word: trustingness
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NOEL COWARD'S WORLD is a preppy paradise, in which the black evening gowns and white dinner jackets seem to have a life of their own. The collectibles sprinkled around the room exude rechereche. The omnipresent martinis are dry, and the wit drier still. Throughout, the predominant emotion is a...
Ríos Monti's only real driving force seemed to be a born-again religious faith. "Above all," he declared, "I am trusting my Lord and my King, that he shall guide me. Because only he gives and takes away authority." Some Guatemalans quickly dubbed their fervent new...
When the speech is over and the caravan heads out of town, Maldonado and Carpio are moved into the two bulletproof vans, and the volunteers who ride shotgun unsheath their weapons. For the next hour, the campaigners drive watchfully through the narrow roads and mountain passes at twilight until, it...
The trail leads Ed and Beth Herman-at first abrasive adversaries, then trusting amateur detectives-through the blood-streaked boulevards of Santiago and into the American embassy's labyrinth of red-white-and-blue tape. There they confront the anesthetizing smile of Nixonian bureaucracy. It is also the place...
Far more damaging is the childish ease with which these two penetrate the conspiracy. A careless phone call here, a too-trusting security guard there, and all is revealed to them. If these international manipulators are so smart, how come they leave the notebook containing the secret computer code lying...