Word: sentimentalized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...quoted sentiment, Bergman stated that he wished to work unknown, for a common ideal, as did the artisans of the cathedral at Chartres. In Persona he is faced by the self-defeat of such a hope in a world swayed by countervailing tensions each of which claims ascendance and leaves little solace or purpose to the individual. Bergman's actress-heroine is not able to portray the theatrical tragedy of Electra while horrifying war is waged in a country far distant from neutralist Sweden. Alma turns on her TV set, and the immolation of a Buddhist monk produces...
...THERE IS only one art that moves me: architecture." T. E. Hulme said it, and the sentiment points toward an important notion about design. The buildings around us are the significant objects in our landscape, and if a place is depressing-or dazzling, or manicured, or red-it can call up a corresponding emotional reply in us. An architect designs a building, it is constructed, and suddenly a new fact has insinuated itself into our consciousnesses. Fow other arts can claim such immediacy of impact, or assault...
...established this priority, it is consistent that Bok would recognize the need to be cognizant of everyone's interests-including students'-in deciding an important academic issue. Whereas Pusey recoiled from direct implication, much less contact, with students in making appointments, Bok welcomes the opportunity to sound out student sentiment...
Whether or not he can do this is another matter. Financial burdens, another student upheaval, or pressure from outside the University could easily subvert his intentions. He could end up five years from now repeating the sentiment Archibald Cox voiced recently that "you get to feel like a mother hen about this place after so many mornings waling brought the Yard at three o'clock, and you just want to pay back some of the debt...
...these pages you will find informative articles and delightful fiction. You'll find fun. You'll find sentiment. In short, you will rediscover an old, old friend...