Word: sentimentality
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...listened and left without voting. She still hasn't made up her mind, though she's now leaning toward Obama. "I'm very aware of what's going on and have paid attention, but I find it really hard to be trustful of politicians in general," she says. That sentiment is echoed by Beth Seidel, a factory worker in Cleveland who works the third shift so she can take her son to school and then to practices for the four sports he plays. Pausing recently at a Wal-Mart, she said, "Honestly, I don't know what...
...Number 1600 echoed her sentiment. When Aee, who holds an AIG-linked trust worth roughly $7000, was told about the assurance by AIG's Singapore management that his investment was protected, he replied skeptically, "I'm not so sure." He said if he managed to get inside the insurer's besieged offices - which looked like it could take him another 10 hours - he planned to "cash out" his entire investment. "There's nothing like cash in your hands," he said...
...underachieved a bit,” Akpan said. “So while our immediate goal is to win the next game, ultimately we’d like to get back to the tournament and actually make a run this year.” Sager echoed his teammates sentiment, stating his desire for victory in the matches in September in order to build up an impressive record ahead of the start of league play. The importance of the non-conference games was proven last season, when, despite finishing behind Brown in the Ancient Eight, Harvard gained an at-large...
Earlier this year, Senator Barack Obama stirred up controversy when he said that working-class voters were “bitter” because of a lack of economic opportunity. He argued that religious bigotry, nativism, and anti-trade sentiment were an outgrowth of this frustration. Although he phrased his sentiments poorly, Obama touched upon a valid point. When people lose their jobs, the natural reaction for many is to blame someone else. Immigrants, legal and illegal, are an easy scapegoat, especially during economic downturns. Given the endless stream of bad news about the economy as of late...
...President, the U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia at the time, Manuel Rocha, made an off-the-cuff threat that Washington would withdraw millions of aid dollars should Morales win. Morales was an underdog at the time, but the threat drove his numbers through the roof - such is the anti-Yanqui sentiment in Bolivia. Indeed, some observers say it was Rocha's slip-up that forced a run-off between Morales and the eventual winner, Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada...