Word: sentimentalized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Third, even if we could acquire an accurate poll of Blacks which was based on informed opinions, should the U.S. be bound by Black sentiment in determining its foreign policy to South Africa...
However, this deferment theory eliminates America's ability to use its own morals, interest, and considerable expertise in determining its own policies. We did not reflexively give military aid to anti-Sandinista rebels in Nicaragua because they asked for it. In fact, many people overrode the Contra sentiment, claiming that there were more effective and more moral ways to achieve much-needed reform in this repressive Central American country...
Complaining about the Academy Awards has become a springtime tradition, like taking down the storm windows and groaning over income tax forms. But this year Hollywood disappointed: the Oscar ceremonies were unpredictable and, to almost universal astonishment, entertaining. There were genuine surprises, moments of old-fashioned sentiment and flashes of humor...
Preston Sturges used to write and direct this stuff pretty well, with gusts of anarchic energy and a gaggle of pruny character actors to undercut the sentiment. Frank Capra was a master at building social comedy to the apex of hysteria, then pulling a happy-ending miracle out of his hat. Ron Howard, even after Splash and Cocoon, ain't these guys, yet. When he lets his film relax into hip facetiousness, and when Keaton parades his elfin jock swagger, Gung Ho is agreeable. But its relentless stereotyping of the Japanese provokes winces and worse. Its tone swings violently from...
Although the House is not expected to decide on the aid package until next week, votes in several committees provided a preview of the sentiment. The House Armed Services Committee approved the $100 million by voice vote. But the package was rejected by four other important House panels, including the full Foreign Affairs Committee. Much of the voting followed party lines; to win the support he needs among House Democrats--and among some skittish Senate Republicans--Reagan may have to make significant concessions on the size and nature of the package...