Word: sentimentalization
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fact, that was a criterion for coming here. I expected such an environment because I had assumed that intelligent people, which I have subsequently found Harvard students to be, would be liberal and enlightened in their moral and political attitudes. Not so. They are bound by precedent and existing sentiment; they do not necessarily make decisions that arise from thought and responsible evaluation...
...this issue. The World Peace Council, too, continues to push for detente and disarmament. These international movements are working closely with non-governmental organizations all over the globe to create maximum impact on the U.N. Special Assembly on Disarmament in May, 1978. There is clearly a growing international sentiment expressing the demand for zero nuclear weapons and a stop in the arms trade...
...potent combination of sentiment, shrewdness and pure political muscle whisked the bill through the House, and it seems destined to pass the Senate as well, either at the end of this session or early next year. Indeed, Senator Jacob Javits, 73, is preparing an amendment that would completely phase out mandatory retirement over a five-year period. This abrupt, stunning legislative success is the hallmark of another revolt in America, this time by the aged. The 1960s was the decade of aroused youth; the 1970s may well belong to their grandparents. Some 23 million Americans, about 10% of the population...
Kurland said that the majority of professors who have written to AAUP support the higher retirement ceiling. He added, however, that he is still unsure of AAUP membership sentiment on the bill because "those who directly benefit from the legislation speak out louder and harder than those who are hurt indirectly...
...turns out, she also deserves only a jot less credit than Quayle for making the production work. A confection that could easily have dissolved into a soup of mawkish sentiment gets souffleed into an amusing and often touching entertainment. Director Edwin Sherin had the good sense to keep the sets minimal...