Word: sentimentale
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That is just the kind of simpleminded, sentimental statement that acutely embarrasses Plarr. He despises sentimentality, machismo, everything he takes to be sugar-coated human delusion, and all protestations of love or emotion, which are curable, as he puts it, "by means as simple as an orgasm or an eclair...
Certainly, much of Wyeth's success flows from nostalgia. Many people would like to project themselves at first hand, exchanging-for half an hour -their self-cleaning ovens for the black, bulbous wood stove that squats in the Ericksons' kitchen, and their disaster-crammed TV screens for the...
Wiggen (Michael Moriarty), realizing that a marginal player like Pearson (Robert de Niro) will be released if management gets wind of his illness, ends a spring-training holdout by accepting less money than he is worth-if the owners will agree not to cut Bruce. His efforts to keep Bruce...
Extending the simile to the pugilistic arts, Anderson concluded: "Perhaps a reporter, like a prizefighter, is in trouble the moment he gets a bit reflective and sentimental."
CAHILL: UNITED STATES MARSHAL is John Wayne, a Texas lawman who scours the Panhandle for bad guys while his two young sons languish at home, yearning for a little fatherly affection. The sons fall into bad company, get mixed up in a bank robbery and have to be extracted from...