Word: sentimentalized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Galley's conviction for multiple murders at My Lai came from the sense of many Americans that the young lieutenant was only a scapegoat. Punish sergeants, lieutenants, perhaps captains, but let the big brass alone. The Nixon Administration and the U.S. Army are troubled and embarrassed by that sentiment. Partly as a result, there is one big figure who is unlikely to get away without a murder charge...
...There is sentiment from students, faculty members, overseers and a recent Carnegie Commission report in favor of a three year norm," he added, foreseeing the possibility of Harvard accepting the three year program if "the weight of the information is in that direction...
...march-moving from the Ellipse behind the White House down Pennsylvania Avenue to the steps of the Capitol for a noon rally-will be divided into 25 contingents to reflect the diversity of antiwar sentiment...
ATTITUDES TOWARD ARABS: Such sentiment against the refugees is partly a reflection of Israeli prejudice against Arabs generally (see chart). It is impossible to determine the extent to which such feelings have been colored by a quarter-century of war and unremitting hostility between Arab and Jew. Only a fourth of the Israeli Jews admit that prejudice exists against the Arabs. Yet the highest government job the majority is willing to give an Arab at the present time is a low-level civil service position. Among the Israelis, 23% say they would be bothered if an Arab sat beside them...
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew said last week that if all American troops were immediately withdrawn from Vietnam, "it would be followed by a wave of far right, irresponsible sentiment" potentially more harmful "than any of the leftwing excesses that are taking place today...