Word: sentimentalize
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...will understand that this sentiment goes down very deep, and that it is at the roots of American conservatism and nationalism and was at the roots of the old isolationism. And however wrong he may feel the American conclusions to be, he will never make the worst mistake. The worst mistake is to be persuaded that those who disagree with you do so from evil motives...
...marshaled his stockyard priests to help a new-established Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council fight them down. Soon Bishop Sheil and his aides had playgrounds and young people's clubs going in place of gang fights. The Catholic Church now plays a major role in determining the sentiment of the district-the factor which, in the long run, may well determine the outcome of the dispute. But the Church has rivals: last week, while Catholic priests tramped with the U.P.W.A. pickets, a trailer from Communist Party headquarters fed the strikers coffee, doughnuts and copies of the Daily Worker...
Says Orwell: "What I saw in Spain and what I have seen since of the inner workings of left-wing political parties has given me a horror of politics. ... In sentiment I am definitely 'left,' but I believe that a writer can remain honest only if he keeps free of party labels...
When they got through, the U.S. had a case history of "feature story" journalism and the pressure it can apply. The Hicswa story stirred up clouds of sentiment, obscuring the harsh question of his guilt or innocence...
...Manhattan, Barnard College's Philologist William Cabell Greet agreed with Shaw generally, but didn't think any democratic government-U.S. or British-could get anywhere against the sentiment that people attach to spelling. Said he: "If the Japanese had dictated peace, they might have been able to dictate a simplified spelling...