Word: sentimentale
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The very notion of "creativity" seems, in Velasquez's presence, a sentimental impertinence. He was unquestionably the deepest painter of matter who ever lived.
Crackling Intelligence. This is the risk that most sentimental entertainment runs: touching the heart while by passing the mind. Author Russell Hoban, 50, does not take that shortcut.
'Omaha is hot, dry and boring," reads an old Crimson sports page. "The dusty air, blown in off the great plains, is arid and uncomfortable." As the "color" piece goes on, dated 1973, it becomes clear that the on-location reporter hates Omaha. Still, he betrays his excitement about the...
Surrounding the hero and heroine, however, is a world full of characters more willing than they to bow to the rigid dictates of regency fashion. Elderly female relatives are constantly shocked at the heroine's outspokenness, and make liberal use of handkerchiefs, tears, and smelling salts. Vapid young men simper...
More important to Will are the moral issues raised by Kissinger's policy. "I think that the United States--under detente, as practiced by Dr. Kissinger--has been almost proudly indifferent to questions of human rights. And I think that's bad for this country--I don't think you...