Word: sentimentalized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Next, we see the bodies with pitchforks in their backs: victims of the "dosey-doe" move. These couples survived early burn-out to suffer mid-semester changes of heart, shifts in sentiment, hoardings of hormones. Soon, their attentions wander. Conversations trail off into silence. Fidelity means insurance. Euphemisms often heard now: It will be good for us; it will be good for you; so how's your roommate...
...this type of sentiment that inspired Princeton student Sally Frank to file a sex discrimination suit against the all-male Cottage Club last spring. The decision, which is now being appealed, said that the club could not discriminate on the basis of sex because of the "symbiotic" relationship it had with the University...
...will take all the speed and skill of the Crimson along with a lot of intangibles and luck for Harvard to knock off the Huskies and spoil their perfect season. But if the Crimson isn't favored by talent, then it is favored by sentiment: it is the underdog of the tournament...
...brakeman, a casino croupier. Although he is Monaco's Olympic representative and entitled to royal treatment, Prince Rainier's son lives in the athletes' Village, where he introduces himself as plain Albert. "Fabulous," he says of his first Games. "I just wish I was driving better." That sentiment would be endorsed by the Portuguese, who had difficulty keeping one of their sleds upright...
...majority's freedom of expression is greater than that of the minority. Whites control the American power structure, thus, they can listen to discussions on apartheid or race relations without feeling threatened. But in similar discussions, Blacks cannot divorce their personal lives from politics or racial theory, because racist sentiment attempts to deny their daily lives and questions their validity as human beings...