Word: sentimentalization
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...January, billionaire Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban echoed that sentiment, showing little sympathy for the Hornets' struggles. "Somebody's got to get off their ass and sell tickets," he said. "They've got the best record in the Western Conference, and they can't get people to come? That's not New Orleans, that's effort." Shinn called Cuban to tell him he was "very insulted" by the remarks, and in an e-mail interview with TIME, Cuban insisted he wasn't trying to "insult" Shinn and offered his early experience with the floundering Mavericks as a blueprint...
...that the film received nine Oscar nominations, including three for Welles as actor, director and co-screenwriter. In the end, it won only for the screenplay, and John Ford's How Green Was My Valley took Best Picture. That study of Welsh family values is a film of intelligent sentiment, but, as has been said about many a movie since--it's no Citizen Kane...
...four teams in the country. “We just keep coming so close,” Balsekar said. “A lot of teams have been surprised by how far we’ve pushed them.” Mashruwala echoed her captain’s sentiment. “We started the season losing to Penn [in a scrimmage] 9-0, so our improvement has really been evident the past few days.” The Crimson will now look to put the past week behind them and turn their focus to the national championships...
...before primary campaigning began in earnest, when she was the presumptive choice of the party establishment and the seemingly unbeatable frontrunner. Months later, Obama has won more contests and built more momentum than his rival; and if he continues to do so superdelegates should vote to best reflect the sentiments of the people. In addition to this reliance on superdelegates, so much else is wrong with the current presidential nomination process: the tremendous cost that ties candidates’ fates to wealthy donors; the unbalanced calendar that disproportionately favors a few unrepresentative states; and, most of all, the fundamentally undemocratic...
...immunity currently offered to contractors in Iraq is unique among the 120 or so status-of-forces agreements governing the terms of U.S. military operations in countries around the world. And there appears to be considerable sentiment for removing such special protections. "We do not ask for immunities from host nation laws for contractors anywhere," says a senior Administration official who spoke on condition of anonymity. "It's a special thing in Iraq and there's a real question about the extent to which we want to ask for them here...