Word: sentimentalized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Kennedy removing himself, the 1984 campaign is on. Various preliminaries have been visible for months, in the speaking schedules of the various Democratic possibles. If any Republican other than the incumbent entertains thoughts of 1984, he would be foolhardy to say so; the obligatory sentiment is that Reagan will run and be reelected...
Even if Dense Pack is defeated, however, there is no dominant sentiment in Congress for killing the missile outright. The research and development funds enjoy general support, if only as a way to keep some pressure on Soviet negotiators at the Geneva talks. "There's only one argument for the MX-the bargaining chip," says a key Republican leader. "You've got to have MX to go to the table with the Russians...
...This sentiment is perhaps no more beneficial to global trade then a failure to reach an agreement at all. The Kennedy and Tokyo Rounds succeeded because they outlined specific reductions of tariffs on goods and set percentage guidelines for overall trade barrier reductions. Only through such concrete requirements can GATT, which has no mechanism to enforce trade pacts, insure that individual nations support free trade...
ROTHMAN AND LICHTER gamely confront the historiographical school which catalogues the New Left as merely the peak of some relentless sine curve on a cycle of generational conflict or reformist sentiment. The authors emphasize the restraints on radicalism in America, invoking historian Louis Hartz's conception of a culture which assumes liberalism as a civic religion from the outset. Struggling against the strong currents of moderation, the New Left formulated a coherent criticism of the very premises of the nation's liberal tradition; it thus attracted a massive following of skeptics where earlier 20th century movements on the Left never...
There's no place like home for the holidays ..." That certain time of year being at hand, this sentiment from Home for the Holidays will soon be crooning forth repetitiously from all the mellow music stations. More power to it. Only a sorehead would fuss about too much celebration of the idea of home during the festive winter season. For that matter, home deserves a good deal of hymning all the time. There is, as the wonderful old song Home, Sweet Home established once and for all, no place like it-and this no matter what sort of place...