Word: sentimentalization
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...district conducted a random phone survey of residents' reactions. The majority of those contacted either didn't blame Nixon for his failure to pay taxes, or felt that as long as he pays what he owes, he shouldn't be punished any further. In either case, there was little sentiment for impeachment. As one person said, "I don't think we could get anybody any better--maybe we could get someone worse...
...moral merits of the case. But impeachment never was and never can be a legal tool because congressmen are by necessity political animals. No congressman will vote for impeachment unless it is the politically expedient thing to do. And no congressman can afford to vote against impeachment if popular sentiment makes that the politically necessary thing...
...good as the next fellow" is not always a realistic or even noble sentiment. Equality as similarity is a hopeless goal, as any plain girl realizes when she watches the progress of a pretty woman down a street. People are favored by nature, birth or fortune; they outdo others by talent, effort and luck. Many equality arguments turn on trying to redress the inequities of "them as has gits...
...Cost of Living Council, which the Administration had wanted to retain if only as a largely powerless watchdog agency, apparently will go out of existence too. The House committee failed to act on a separate compromise bill to keep COLC alive; the overwhelming sentiment among committee members is that it should expire. After dawdling for weeks, the Administration made an eleventh-hour stab at saving COLC, but the move was too weak and came much too late. In the past six months or so, COLC has got many firms and industries, including autos, rubber and aluminum, to sign agreements...
...considered rude to ask a passenger in a non-smoking section to put out his cigarette. Most conductors and stewardesses will not enforce smoking regulations unless asked; some will not enforce them even then. This reluctance to challenge smokers is surprising in light of what appears to be strong sentiment against public smoking. Fifty-eight per cent of those responding to a 1970 survey answered "Yes" to the question, "Is it annoying to be near a person who is smoking cigarettes?" (Among smokers, a surprisingly large 34 per cent answered...