Word: sentimentalized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Human Events, a Washington-based weekly that is a barometer of far-right thinking, pointed to years of backing Nixon candidacies, but added: "We fear that the President is not only advocating policies at almost total variance with conservative sentiment on the domestic front, but his 'generation of peace' diplomacy, coupled with his seeming unconcern about our rapidly deteriorating military posture, is literally endangering the survival of the American Republic." - William Loeb, ultraconservative publisher of the Manchester, N.H.. Union Leader, reminisced about the old Nixon, then washed his hands of the new: "The publisher and Mrs. Loeb...
...face in not being consulted by Washington about the venture. '"We too [can] keep secrets," he complained. Tokyo critics called for Sato's resignation and, defensively, he offered to go to Peking, too, in order to give Japan a say in any arrangement affecting the region. Nationalist sentiment for greater independence from the U.S. was fueled. Eying the new prominence of China, Japanese business firms withdrew from a scheduled trade conference with Taiwan, and five of six shipping companies said that they would discontinue regular runs to the island. All apparently want to be friends of China...
...unity," with Britain a major participant in that grand venture. Despite those ringing words, suspicion began to grow about the depth of Wilson's commitment to joining the six-member European Economic Community. By March 1970, with an election imminent and the polls showing heavy antiMarket sentiment, Wilson seemed so uncertain about it that Tory Leader Edward Heath, who was to replace him as Prime Minister three months later, asked archly: "Is he or is he not going...
...only plausible view of Wilson's switch is that it was done to preserve party unity by appeasing the strong antiMarket sentiment of Labor's left-wing and union elements. He may also be hoping to exploit popular misgivings over the move into Europe. Although polls show that more Britons are against entry than for it (41% v. 35%), the pro-Market faction is steadily growing...
...surefire fairy tale, the sort of thing that Depression audiences ached to believe, and one of Capra's many talents was that he could make it alt seem so tantalizingly true. As a film maker, Capra was an impassioned propagandist for the virtues of simple sentiment. As an autobiographer, he is somewhat more realistic...