21.   But Tokyo wants at the same time to ease growing public distrust of the US military presence, he added.

22.   Committee members said the moves are designed to reduce the public distrust in the judicial system and make political parties keep their distance from judicial organs.

23.   They attributed the losses to mounting public distrust of corporate America and the US share market after Wo news prompted speculation that WorldCom will be faced with bankruptcy.

24.   Public distrust of corporations also -- particularly embattled Tyco and Adelphia -- has kept investors out of the stock market.

25.   Sixty-five percent of the Japanese public distrust bureaucrats following a series of corruption scandals, according to a newspaper survey published Thursday.