Word: sentimentalism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Listen, Buster," a close relative said during this difficult period, "nobody's staring at you, and when you suck in your gut like that, your eyes bug out." Not everyone understands sentiment. And as Waller wrote, "Where great passion leaves off and mawkishness begins, I'm not sure." He's still not sure, but he's headed there, leading a wagon train of believers. As of last week, Bridges had sold 4.1 million copies and had stayed on the best-seller lists for 63 weeks, 33 of those in first place. That's a lot of hankies. Steven Spielberg...
Although no official vote was taken by the student government's senate, Barnard said he believed government sentiment was against running...
...explanation of the methods and inspiration for their works): "A landscape, a series of free-form lines, or even a tiny hole in a piece of paper can all be equally definable as drawings--they're all `drawn' from the mind of ideas." His statement seems to embody the sentiment of the jury that chose the works for the show; this broad definition of drawing makes for a vital and unique collection...
...psittaceous repetition of this really rather uninspiring sentiment has gotten altogether out of hand, a testament to the built-in fecundity of the banal. There appeared on posters: "Life is Short: Play Women's Rugby," as well as "Life is Short: Pray Hard." One activity put it on posters without even bothering to make a "clever" adjustment--simply "Life is Short...Play Hard," followed by the organization's name. To the publicity directors of the offending organizations, here is a message in terms you will understand: "My fuse is short, don't try so hard." These posters only convince...
Golden said that "there seems to be ananti-science, anti-intellectual sentiment that isstronger now than it was in the past." Franklinagreed, saying, "politics takes energy away frombuilding the supercollider...