Word: sentimentalized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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True, in another and better world, where homosexuality would go uncensured and unnoticed, Maurice would be little more than sentimental tripe. But in our world, the sentiment achieves an ironic edge, and the fond and gentle narrative counterpoints the absurd prejudices which kept the novel so long unread...
...watered down in the House-Senate Conference Committee; a similar fate could await the second amendment. Although the amendment is not binding on President Nixon, its passage carries an unmistakable message to the White House: despite the week's defeats, the doves are still capable of mustering Senate sentiment against the long, dreary...
Last October the surface calm of Canadian politics was shattered following the kidnappings by the Quebec Liberation Front (FLQ) of the British Trade Commissioner in Montreal, James Cross, and the Quebec Labor Minister. Fearful of the separatist-nationalist sentiment in French-speaking Quebec province, the Canadian government on October 16 invoked the War Measures Act, which suspended civil liberties and gave the police virtually unrestricted search and arrest powers...
...Swaziland. The plain fact is that unless the Japanese government changes its mind following a Cabinet meeting this week, Taipei will almost certainly be expelled when the issue reaches the blue-and-gold chamber of the General Assembly, probably no sooner than mid-October. An early test of prevailing sentiment is set for this week when the 25-member General Committee, which determines the agenda, decides whether to give priority to the U.S. or the Albanian resolutions...
...however, impose a serious handicap on doctors trying to determine whether to perform an abortion on genetic grounds. Many tests for fetal abnormalities cannot be made before the 16th or 18th week of pregnancy, and some take as long as 30 days to perform and evaluate. There is also sentiment for limiting abortions to regular hospitals. Dr. Hall, a leader in New York's abortion-reform movement, feels that clinics are unsuited to handle the hemorrhaging that can result from even the most carefully performed abortion. Others, including spokesmen for Planned Parenthood, argue that clinic abortions are as safe...