Word: sentimentality
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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White House officials countered that partitioning would only worsen the bloodletting in Lebanon and would not provide a lasting solution. There is strong sentiment at the Pentagon for pressuring the torn country's factions to get together by setting a withdrawal deadline. Said Admiral Thomas Moorer, retired Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, reflecting this view: "Our only hope lies with persuading Gemayel that time is running out and convincing the Druze and Shi'ites that their best future lies with some sort of cooperation. Failing that, they face a horrible civil...
...returning troops were met by a banner-waving crowd. "Let no one tell you you're not in an Army of excellence, because you are excellent," shouted Deputy Under Secretary of the Army John W. Shannon over the din on the rain-drenched tarmac. President Reagan echoed the sentiment in a speech before the Congressional Medal of Honor Society in New York City: "Our days of weakness are over. Our military forces are back on their feet and standing tall...
...Kinks: Come Dancing (Julian Temple). Memory, comedy and a bit of sentiment in this bemused evocation of Britain's era of big bands and dance palaces...
After the feasibility of the concert was established representatives began to receive varying constituent responses back. Some students were in enthusiastic support; others were adamantly opposed. We decided to serve our constituents by conducting a referendum to determine the prevailing sentiment regarding this matter. The logic behind the referendum, then is this: the concert is being planned for Harvard undergraduates; if those undergraduates do not wish us to hold the concert, it would be silly to do so. The fact that Stu Raphael has additional reasons for the referendum should not take away from the Council's basic logic...
...outright ban, of the British press during the Falklands war. There was little fear that the President and military would lose the battle for public opinion if the operation went smoothly. Says White House Communications Director David Gergen, who has tried to temper the Administration's antimedia sentiment: "Unfortunately, kicking the press is a sure-fire applause line with almost any audience...