Word: sentimentalism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...been said that out of the bad always comes good, and that sentiment certainly rang true for the Crimson. Before the myriad of injuries and subsequent losing streak, Harvard was a one-line team. The adversity not only produced confidence and maturity in the rest of the team, but there also appeared to be a deep team unity which surfaced. Thus, when the injured players returned, there was no stopping the new and improved Crimson...
Paul P. Perrochi '71, former station manager for WHRB, echoed Gryk's sentiment...
...broadest sense, Edelman's positions are extremely popular. Who, after all, would ever stand against children? In a recent TIME/CNN poll, 73% of those surveyed favor having more of their tax dollars go to programs that benefit the young. For the most part, that sentiment has proved beneficial. Since Edelman launched the Children's Defense Fund in 1973, American children are doing better in such areas as math and science proficiency, immunizations and infant survival rates, thanks in part to government action...
...perhaps, too relentless in his grimness, too unforgiving. But there is a certain perverse integrity in his depressive's gaze, something weirdly compelling in his refusal to ingratiate himself with his audience. You keep waiting for him to crack a smile, offer a consoling gesture, express some softening sentiment. He does not. And if there is much that is withering in his contempt, there is also something bracing in the loony tunelessness of this hymn to human dispirit...
...captain Mike Eckert echoed his attackman's sentiment...