When the public and Congress does not trust an institution, it becomes very difficult for the holder of power to achieve his or her objectives.

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In particular, it should allow for the removal of the institution handling the trust so heirs won't be captive to high fees or poor performance.

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More people trust the Fed the institution than Bernanke the man.

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The fact that readers have confidence and trust in the authentic nature of the institution cannot be underestimated.

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The institution never contemplated or established a trust fund for players who lost their scholarship, so they could then upon certain conditions being met, receive a return on the considerable royalties amassed by the school from the merchandise sales from the numbers worn by those teenagers.

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Givers often need to use an institution as the trustee, especially when the trust will run for decades.

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Voters and taxpayers wonder how an institution in which so many had placed so much trust could suddenly have been found to be such a loser.

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The problem is in how success is measured, which is not in the soft currency of ethics or trust, but in how much money the strategy saves for the institution.

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