Word: sentimentalism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When a Princeton historian wanted to research the influence of anti-Communist sentiment on academic hiring during the 1950s, most of the nation's universities opened their archives to the scholar. Harvard...
...that we would find what Kent-Brown said "quite reasonable" when he merely defended the actions of his government and sought to insult individual members of the audience. In response to the comments of the members of the audience, he proceeded to call us "ignorant," "immoral," and of "terrorist" sentiment...
...than a little sketchy, as does the alliance that binds together the likes of the streetwise urchin Gavroche (Braden Danner) and the idealistic student Marius (David Bryant), the lover of the grownup Cosette (Judy Kuhn). This lack of ideology may enhance the show's appeal: it taps generalized populist sentiment without bogging down in debate...
...committee under pressure, Shamir insisted at week's end that the government was "committing itself to nothing." But he quickly noted, "There is no doubt that the recommendations of a committee of such importance will be especially serious." The Prime Minister is certain to hear strong support for that sentiment this week from the visiting American Jewish leaders. And Attorney Rotenstreich has already put Shamir on notice: he vowed to the Jerusalem Post last week that he would resign if the panel did not receive the full cooperation of the government...
...difficult to resist, impossible to shrug off as another mini-version of a high falutin' charity gala. Formal dress was not required, and neither was false piety or sentiment. It was a come-as-you-are, come-to-be-entertained affair. By making their show a fast-moving, talent-packed one, the Jazz for Life organizers served the audience as well as Oxfam America and the Phillips Brooks House Homeless Committee, the evening's charity beneficiaries...