Word: sentimentale
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SENTIMENTAL PROGRESS
In framing the American mindset toward history, historian Richard Hofstadter wrote that we as a people prefer "a spirit of sentimental appreciation rather than of critical analysis." In other words, under a veil of blind nostalgia, Americans quickly become attached to a particular narrative as the one correct interpretation of...
After the 1980s, charity tunes hit mostly false notes (Anyone remember 2008's "Just Stand Up"?) except for Elton John's 1997 reworking of "Candle in the Wind," which benefited Princess Diana's foundation following her death. The song's outsize success--it is the best-selling single ever--spawned...
Coming into the matchup with the Tigers, the Crimson knew that it was going to be anything but easy. It was the first time all season that Harvard didn’t win by at least seven matches, but the encounter had sentimental value as well.
In 1961 Salinger published Franny and Zooey as a single volume. It stayed at the top of the best-seller list for six months. By that time, the cult status of The Catcher in the Rye was fully established. But in some important corners of American letters, there was a...