Word: trusts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...triumphant fist waving, Noriega could hardly feel reassured by last week's events. The rebellion was the second failed attempt against him by the Panamanian military in the past 18 months, raising questions about whom the general can trust among his forces. Although a housecleaning of the P.D.F. will follow, Noriega can no longer count on even his inner circle. "This was no gringo plot," says a source close to Noriega. "This came from the general's inner core." That much, at least, can give Panamanians -- and Washington -- hope that Noriega's days are numbered...
...call the science community protective is an understatement. It is a tightly-knit enclave that relies heavily on trust: trust that a peer-reviewer will not swipe your idea, trust that a lab is keeping accurate information, trust that the end goal of science is knowledge, not an NIH grant or university tenure...
Granted, this trust is important. But the scientific community would be doing itself a favor if it accepted that fraud occurs and dealt with the problem fairly. Instead, the belief in the primacy of trust blinds scientists to its shortcomings...
Over the last three years, while the investigation has been opened, closed and then re-opened again, Baltimore has become the leading public spokesperson for scientific independence from congressional scrutiny. He wholeheartedly defends the laboratories associated with the doctored data. Science rests on trust and accuracy, Baltimore says, and nosey members of Congress can only screw things...
...argue that Prime Minister Hun Sen is a communist and push for a democratic government, but it should not do so against the wishes of the Cambodian people. Vietnam freed Cambodia from an oppresive and inhumane regime. Although many Cambodians still do not trust the Vietnamese, they would like to avoid a civil...