Word: sentimentality
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...changing nature of the way University Hall looks upon the Freshman has brought corresponding changes in the undergraduate relations with him. The segregation of the Freshman class in the river dormitories with a view of giving them what may be termed a class consciousness, a sentiment that is believed to undergo a renascence in the Senior year, has its weaknesses. One of them is that acclimatization comes slowly. There has been a corresponding growth in importance of the service rendered by the student advisory board...
...Public sentiment inclines not to favour capital punishment but I have done things highly unpopular with the public before, and I think that is one reason for my appointment as District Attorney," Reading continued...
...Superintendent McBride of the Anti-Saloon League bowed to Captain Stayton and the A. A. P. A.: "They can get it [U. S. sentiment on liquor] for 50c in any good almanac or other compilation of the returns of last election...
...great popular interest in the coming presidential campaign. Senator Borah, in demanding that the subject be brought into the open and voted upon, emphasizes the reluctance of the two major parties to touch the question, and shows confidence in the general belief that the country, however wet in sentiment, will unfailingly give a dry vote. What the opposition needs is a slogan that might convince citizens that the desire for disreputable indulgence is not implied in a vote for a repeal. This, with the exertion of the newspapers might very well blow the Prohibition question into enough of a bugaboo...
...picture of the Lady Sewing is permeated with a sweet sentiment and a dellcate tenderness. The organization, both in design and in color is remarkably stable and satisfying. The picture suggests the light and colour of Vermeer, and was certainly produced under his influence. The exhibition is clear evidence of an interest and delight in nature, life...