Word: sentimentalized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Ralph Schoenman, who served as secretary-general of the Russell War Crimes Tribunal and who now lives in Princeton, N.J., says that Falk's view of popular sentiment on the war issue is "reactionary." "Nobody but the ruling class is willing to forget Indochina." Schoenman said last week. The Russell Tribunal, he says, was "an attempt to show that American imperialism needed experimental weapons to survive the war in Vietnam," adding that the best evidence of popular support for the Russell proceedings was the large number of military personnel who showed up to testify before the tribunal...
...military involvement in the Orient. Thus the uncertainties of the congressional response to some future challenge to an American commitment complicated Ford's attempts to sound reassuring. Singapore's Lee, who has called the events in Viet Nam and Cambodia "an unmitigated disaster," sampled sentiment on Capitol Hill and was far from reassured. As a result, in his toast at the formal state dinner given for him at the White House, Lee bluntly urged the President and Congress to "speak in one voice on basic issues of foreign policy, and in clear and unmistakable terms. Then friends...
...Houdini of British politics has been cornered before, however, and may yet find a way out of his latest troubles. According to the most recent Gallup poll, British pro-Market sentiment is still strong: 60% plan to vote yes on the referendum, 29% no, and 11% are undecided. Moreover, most Tories will join the Prime Minister in plumping for a vote to stay within the EEC. A referendum victory would strengthen Wilson's hand to the point that most of his Labor adversaries would be forced to close ranks behind him again, if only begrudgingly. But the gravity...
...these rumblings indicate, protectionist sentiment is rising around the world-to no one's surprise. Demands that domestic businesses be shielded against import competition always become more strident during times of spreading unemployment. The real surprise is that despite the severity of the global recession, free traders so far have held the dikes successfully against the protectionist tide; nothing resembling the tariff wars of the 1930s has occurred. Import-limiting actions, as distinct from talk, have been few and scattered. For example, Finland now requires importers to post large bonds, and the Japanese have persuaded several trading partners...
...adds that recent moves by the Faculty to stiffen honors requirements here represent the most tangible offshoot of the growing sentiment against the grade-inflationary trend...