Word: sentimentality
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...acting against their interests. What Americans have not yet grasped is that terrorism is often a necessary byproduct of misguided foreign policy. Because the United States has acted carelessly, even recklessly, as a world power. Americans abroad have become ready targets for anti-American or anti-imperialist sentiment...
...stated that "all of us will need time to study the entire document. We are willing to listen to the comments and suggestions of all Americans and especially those from the Congress." Aides insisted that this tepid response was part of a calculated strategy to sniff out public sentiment before deciding how, and how rapidly, to proceed. In other words, the plan is, precisely, a trial balloon. And nothing more...
WHILE WE AGREE with the majority sentiment in favor of toughening honors requirements, we do not see how this end can be accomplished fairly without eliminating "honors-only" majors. If the Faculty were to strengthen the College's honors requirements, either more students in honors-only concentrations would be forced to graduate outside their major or, through inflation of course and thesis grades, those who study in these elite curricula would effectively get to bypass the tougher requirements...
President Bok has long argued against Harvard divestiture from South Africa on the grounds that it would be ineffective and an inappropriate expression of political sentiment by the University According to the most recently available figures. Harvard owns more than $400 million in companies operating in South Africa (see accompanying story...
...programs it funds. This Administration, he said, should reverse that process: decide first whether it likes a specific program, irrespective of its support in Congress, and include it in the budget only if the answer is yes. In the sub-Cabinet budget meetings, there was also strong sentiment to press for spending cuts even in the face of certain congressional opposition. The mood within the Administration, said one ranking presidential aide, is for "an all-out assault on federal spending...