Word: sentimentalization
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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More than a century ago, Boston was a sternly self-righteous center of abolitionist sentiment, while Montgomery, Ala., was the capital of the Confederacy. After World War II, Bostonians played a major role in carrying the crusade for civil rights to the South, and Montgomery remained one of the obdurate centers of resistance...
Inaccuracies such as the above could be eliminated from the final draft of an evaluation by checking that evaluation with the course instructor. Also instructors should be questioned with respect to the changes they anticipate making in the course in response to student sentiment. Phil 8 this year will be different in a number of respects from the course offered last year, but readers of the Guide have been led to assume that it will not. By failing to determine what changes are to be made in a course, you miss the opportunity to make the Guide as informative...
...important that undergraduate sentiment be strongly registered with the Strauch Committee. Petitions from house committees and other undergraduate organizations and letters from individuals could serve notice to the Committee that some of the proposals they are exploring are unsatisfactory to students...
Ford's explanation of the pardon on that Sunday, while strong on sentiment, simply did not sound well-reasoned. He said that he had learned that it might take a year or more for Nixon to be brought to trial and all appeals exhausted, and that even then the courts might rule that Nixon had not had a fair trial. Meanwhile "ugly passions would again be aroused, our people would again be polarized in their opinions, and the credibility of our free institutions of Government would again be challenged at home and abroad." It was time, Ford said, to "firmly...
Anti-Foreman Fetishes. Fight sentiment in Zaïre strongly favors Ali, President Mobutu's friend, and the government-controlled press has been careful to censor such patronizing Ali comments as "We're gonna have a rumble in the jungle." Indeed, loyalty to Ali, America's best-known athlete abroad, is so intense that officials are concerned about Foreman's safety. Many Zairians are expected to carry anti-Foreman fetishes into the stadium. Their passions will hardly be reduced if Foreman floors Ali in the first few rounds...