Word: sentimentalization
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...residual disadvantage going into 2008 - a long-standing disposition among voters to view Republicans as stronger on issues involving national security. Without question, Bush has done serious damage to the Republican brand in this arena. But, with the nation waging two wars and terrorism still a threat, that underlying sentiment might be one of the reasons G.O.P. candidates appear competitive...
...primary concern. “I’m actually really happy because I really just wanted to be on the River, and I really didn’t want to be in Dunster or in the Quad,” Kola said. Echoing this sentiment, Callie L. Pinkas ‘10, upon opening her envelope yesterday morning, said she was initially dismayed to find she had been exiled to Cabot House. “We were really bummed, but then...when we went for lunch today, we were mobbed by a huge fish and lots of people...
...primary concern. “I’m actually really happy because I really just wanted to be on the River, and I really didn’t want to be in Dunster or in the Quad,” Kola said. Echoing this sentiment, Caroline L. Pinkas ‘10, upon opening her envelope yesterday morning, said she was initially dismayed to find she had been exiled to Cabot House. “We were really bummed, but then...when we went for lunch today, we were mobbed by a huge fish and lots of people...
...commemorate centuries of anonymous women's crafts. Each of those features needlework and decorative techniques--quilting, braiding, embroidery--appropriate to the woman whose plate it sits beneath. But even those runners can't rescue the plates, which are literally heavy handed. And the work's overall appeal to pious sentiment can remind you sometimes of the most hectoring kind of patriotic art. In a way, The Dinner Party is feminism's version of Washington Crossing the Delaware--or it would be if Washington had made the trip with his fly open...
...inspiring, but there is also something discomfiting about that statement. Even more discomfiting was Edwards' claim that by soldiering on while his wife has incurable cancer, he would be proving that he could deal with the pressures of being President. I wonder how voters will react to that sentiment...