Word: sentimentality
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...this is much too romantic for a realistic age. Better the gargoyled truth of Sherwood Anderson's sardonic laughter, laughter which he finally admits is--black. But if life is not an afternoon of tea and toast and silver spoons, neither is it a night of sin, sex, and sentiment, and there is no particularly cogent reason why anyone should waste it reading laboratory manuals with colored jackets...
...question is worded completely by the football star is, "that the Dartmouth is performing a function which is distasteful to the undergraduate body when it voices opinions obviously in conflict with that of the college at large, and should pursue a policy more in concurrence with the sentiment of the undergraduate body...
...conference scored racial discrimination, called for the abolition of compulsory military training in land grant institutions, exhibited sentiment calling for personal non-participation in future war of any sort, advocated a free pulpit in the expression of opinion on labor matters attacked Greek Letter Societies, voted for the United States entry into the League of Nations and the World Court, listened to villifications of contemporary religious education, listened to reports attacking the American Defense Society the National Security League, and the Klan, and more astonishing still, voted to withdraw support from foreign missions so that the money might be used...
...Paris, Marseilles, Dijon, Nimes-in fact all over France. At these gatherings taxpaying voters protested fiercely against increased taxation and demanded instead the curtailment of Government expenses. 2) The party situation in the Chamber, which continued as a potpourri of recalcitrant "blocs," whose leaders appear to endorse the sentiment "every man for himself and the devil take the franc...
Many claim that the game is not adaptable to professionals, because much of the interest in football is centered around the college and school atmosphere, so that when the college sentiment is removed, much of the keen rivalry, both from the viewpoint of the spectator and the player, has been removed. They also believe that the player has not the same interest in the game when playing for money as he has when playing for the glory of his Alma Mater. That there is considerable ground for this opinion, especially as regards the last-named feature, seems certain. A number...