Word: sentimentality
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...aftermath of the Korean War. Fundamentally a contemporary war novel, “The Surrendered” derives its plot from a scrutiny of the most basic of human experiences—love and conflict. Though beleaguered with a requisite love triangle and sometimes seized by paroxysms of sentiment, the novel is a paradigm of narrative layering—a finely crafted story that revels in stripping away an illusory front of beauty to expose the brutality beneath...
...their indie intimacy, yet can’t come to terms with embracing their newfound love of the studio, which is better used on the album’s first half. Instead, the band occasionally takes a middling arena-rock approach, weakening the songs by starving them of the sentiment of their earlier work, while trying to build upon the grandiose and bombastic statements of their third album...
...enrich these environments," says Rector. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals used the occasion of Brancheau's death to issue a press release expressing a similar sentiment, demanding that parks "stop confining ocean-going mammals to an area that to them is like the size of a bathtub...
...company also had its share of defenders online. A comment posted on Twitter by a Rhode Island filmmaker named Salim Makhlouf summed up the sentiment of many Web users: "Italy needs to catch up with the times of open networks and get off Google's back." Some bloggers compared the verdict to convicting postal workers for delivering hate mail. And in an unusual step, the U.S. ambassador to Italy, David Thorne, entered the fray, saying Washington was "disappointed" by the ruling, which he called a threat to Internet freedom. "While all nations must guard against abuses, offensive material should...
...News in Australia this summer has been punctuated by the Sea Shepherd's activism in Antarctic waters. Despite the fact that they may have committed piracy by boarding another vessel in the high seas and demanding money from the captain, public sentiment is on the activists' side. In a national poll conducted in January, 94% of Australians said they were against whaling. The Australian Greens Party will welcome the Sea Shepherd fleet when they return, and on Feb. 19, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd gave Japan an ultimatum: Stop whaling by November, or the Australian government will take Japan...