Word: sentimentalized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...running headlong into muscle-bound military machines and mountainous deficits, but neither the White House nor the Democratic congressional leadership is willing to yield ground to cut spending and raise taxes enough to prevent more economic chaos. The sentiment grows in Washington for yet another presidential commission to resolve the deadlock: a device used for the dilemmas on the MX missile, Social Security, Central America and hunger. While it has helped produce notable results for the MX and Social Security issues, the resort to the commission procedure represents an admission of political gridlock...
There were, no doubt, other factors prompting Tower's retirement. With voter sentiment in Texas becoming ever more Democratic, he may not have relished the looming hard campaign. He greatly resented Senators, many of them independently wealthy, who voted to limit the outside income of members. Tower has no personal wealth...
...from 1972 to 1977, accepts some of the blame. "We looked at the energy forecasts," he recalls, "and said, 'Jiminy crickets, the Northwest is going to run out of power.' " Nonetheless, he says, "the Administration strongly opposes any bailout, and I don't sense any sentiment for one in Congress." Opponents argue that using federal money to rescue Whoops would boost the already alarming budget deficit and set a precedent that could lead to similar expensive bailouts in the future...
...close vote in the House reflected a significant shift in sentiment. In May, 91 Democrats voted to restore research and development money for the MX. But last week, only 73 Democrats voted to authorize production money. The defectors, including Majority Leader Jim Wright, were under intense pressure from the Democratic caucus and nuclear-freeze groups. Many Democrats question whether the Administration is sincere about bargaining for arms reductions. "The President himself has shown some flexibility, but it hasn't trickled down to his advisers," said Democratic Congressman Dan Glickman of Kansas...
...vote was a bitter blow to proponents of the death penalty, who had counted on the Conservatives, with their new 144-seat majority in Parliament, to heed the sentiment for a crackdown on violent crime. The vote was "free," meaning that party discipline was not invoked to influence the decisions of individual members. While Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and eight Cabinet colleagues supported a motion calling for the hanging of terrorist killers, eight others voted against...