Word: sentimentalization
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Brzezinski, on the other hand, has been saying that the U.S. has given all it can, and that further movement is up to the Russians. While Brzezinski supports the prospective SALT treaty, he has warned the Russians that the treaty could become a casualty of anti-Soviet domestic political sentiment...
...insurance program. At times he has given Carter bad advice. He erred in recommending that the Administration pay back maritime unions for their election support by backing legislation that would have required at least 9.5% of U.S. oil imports to be carried aboard U.S. ships. He also misjudged congressional sentiment about a consumer protection agency; it died in the House...
...Jewish sentiment was not unanimous that the Administration should be pushed quite so hard. One important skeptic was Richard Maass, president of the American Jewish Committee, who argued against quarreling with the White House in personal terms. Says he: "It's counterproductive. I think the Carter Administration is as dedicated to the survival of Israel as any previous Administration. My advice to both sides is 'Look, let's cool it.' " The advice is sound. Jewish groups do not want to run the risk of giving the appearance that it's Israel right or wrong...
...moves will take a long time to increase the output of nuclear power, even if they succeed. Says one utility spokesman: "Even with licensing reform, new [plant] orders won't begin again until 1980 at the earliest." Meanwhile, public sentiment against nuclear power seems stronger than ever. A Harris survey of New York State residents released this month shows that, when asked whether they would be willing to have a nuclear plant sited in their area, more than half of those polled answered no. Only a quarter of the 1,000 respondents approved. And voters in California...
...writer was Pablo Picasso. If his sentiment seems odd (for someone who was to spend most of his life in France), we must blame the predominantly Francophile readings of art history for that. The real map of modernist culture in early 20th century Europe was not that of a capital surrounded by aesthetic provinces. It was more like a confederation: a scatter of nodes and local centers, engaged with one another and enjoying a persistent osmosis of ideas across the frontiers-Moscow, Berlin, Stockholm, Munich. Weimar, Barcelona, Vienna. Paris was uniquely hospitable to the avantgarde. But it had no monopoly...