Word: sentimentality
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Robert Moses, the author of that sentiment, was conspicuously disagreeable, and he never doubted he was one of the great figures of his time. He once likened himself to the Roman Emperor Titus (40-81 A.D.), who, like Moses, was an impresario of bricks and marble. The Moses empire embraced yachts, chefs, chauffeurs and 86,000 other minions. His power nominally depended on the chairmanships of obscure parks commissions and revenues from a toll bridge. In fact, he relied on a public as steadfastly admiring of him as he was contemptuous of them. He defied Governors and mayors for nearly...
After days of crosscutting between sentiment and starkness, Frank Reynolds of ABC exactly caught television's about-to-change tone on the wedding eve by proclaiming, "It is now fairy-tale time," which would be a "respite from reality." And though the recorded voice of Vera Lynn was summoned up, singing There'll Always Be an England ("If England means as much to you/ As England means to me"), and though NBC'S John Hart took a smarmy look at Lady Di's old school to see how proper English girls got their special "edge...
...added, "Begin's terrorism is as bad as that of the P.L.O. We just can't tolerate that kind of behavior from anybody." Said Meyer Berger, a Pittsburgh businessman and a member of the national board of the American Jewish Committee: "Never has the anti-Begin sentiment been as strong as it is right now among the American-Jewish community. And Begin is making it tough on Reagan, who wants to help...
...merger momentum continues unabated, the public could demand congressional action to curb takeovers. Two years ago, Democratic Senators Howard Metzenbaum of Ohio and Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts introduced a bill in Congress that could have prohibited mergers between companies with assets of $2 billion or more. If sentiment against mergers grows, they stand ready to introduce that legislation again...
...provoke Soviet intervention, the Ottawa conferees will talk at length about how far to go in shoring up the battered Polish economy, and how to coordinate their efforts. Reagan and his aides will also try hard to persuade the European leaders, who confront a rising tide of neutralist sentiment in their countries, that the U.S. does not intend to pursue a blindly rigid anti-Soviet foreign policy, but is receptive to eventual arms-control negotiations with the U.S.S.R. "The Europeans are worried that we are cutting off the lines of communication with Moscow," says a senior State Department official...