1.   Overlooking such behavior weakens U.S. credibility abroad and feeds cynicism at home.

2.   Saltveit said the purpose of the Skeleton Closet is not to feed voter cynicism but to give voters more information about the candidates.

3.   That study concluded that sharply increased campaign fund raising for judicial races in recent years had fed cynicism about the courts.

4.   The killings and the inability of authorities to catch and convict the killers has fed a cynicism among some officers.