Word: sentimentalization
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...light of such sentiment, the Imam for the Nanren West Mosque, surnamed Li, says relations between the Hui and the Han have reached their lowest point in his lifetime. "Even though we have no connection with terrorists, the Han now have prejudices against us that come from negative international ideas about Muslims," he says. Five days into the martial law that was declared in Zhongmou county, only the Hui were still prevented from leaving their villages, even though the Han also participated in the violence. At roadblocks across the county, police scanned cars looking for people wearing Muslim headgear...
...individual forming part of a crowd acquires, solely from numerical considerations, a sentiment of invincible power which allows him to yield to instincts which, had he been alone, he would perforce have kept under restraint...
...sentiment could be more appropriate for what the Red Sox have accomplished. With one final out last Wednesday, Boston eliminated the persistent pain that plagued Red Sox Nation, from the fans who have been there from day one to the more recent Harvard undergrad converts. Even many of the less-baseball-inclined across the country found themselves rooting for the perennial “underdog...
...nuisance,” Kerry said, adding, “We’re going to reduce it...to a level where it isn’t on the rise, it isn’t threatening people’s lives every day.” This is a sentiment that everyone can agree with; in fact, the previous President Bush’s national security advisor, Gen. Brent Scowcroft, made virtually the same comment in 2002. Not even the Republican Party wishes the United States to remain perpetually in grave danger of terrorism. Would...
Your article on Bruce Springsteen and the Vote for Change tour echoed the common sentiment that celebrities should steer clear of politics [Oct. 11]. But there is nothing wrong with activism, and Springsteen is better qualified than the pseudo intellectuals who rule conservative radio and television. Thirty years of touring the U.S. has given Springsteen a far better understanding of the true American experience and value system. How is his message any less patriotic than the flag-draped jingoism of the mainstream media...