Word: trusted
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...simple man. Quick on his feet and with a speedy grasp of policy, he's also a consummate politician. Charles Haughey, a discredited forerunner in the Taoiseach's office, described Ahern admiringly as "the most cunning, the most devious, the best of them all." Even so, voters seem to trust him. Frank Luntz, the U.S. pollster who has recently been taking the country's temperature for Ireland's national broadcaster rte, says Ahern gives "the impression of being human and personable and genuinely likable. While people may be disappointed with the government, they're not disappointed with him." Fiona Sherlock...
...revealed that colleges work in students’ best interests with surprising irregularity. Instead, the colleges all too frequently collude with lenders to inflate already-healthy profits, or at the very least, create the appearance of grave impropriety. These activities have struck such a nerve because students blindly put trust in their schools to lead them through the jungle that is the loan industry. Sending a student to a preferred loan company—essentially guaranteeing that company business— when that company does not provide the best possible loan betrays that trust. It is tantamount to educational insider...
...We’re different from most couples because we have something far greater than physical attraction holding us together,” Brinton says as Parker nods in agreement. “Our relationship is built on friendship, communication, and trust, and is guaranteed to last a lot longer...
...Manezh Square outside the crenellated walls of the Kremlin. As a speaker shouted out resolutions, the crowd voted overwhelmingly for authorities to stop persecuting Yeltsin, leader of the Russian republic, and for Gorbachev to resign as Soviet President. Addressing the throng, Moscow Mayor Gavril Popov asked, "Do we trust the leadership of the country?" The crowd roared back...
...Though she winced as her former boss savaged those precious films, Schoonmaker was able to practice an editing technique called “negative cutting,” and her expertise made her the obvious choice to save Scorsese’s film. Their mutual trust began then, as did Schoonmaker’s admiration for Scorsese’s work...