Word: sentimentalizing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...production fell to 79 against 117 last August. The South, with 8¾? cotton (in 1931 it went to 6?, was not as badly off as Mr. Roosevelt told his Georgia audience it was. In the Far West business was far better than in the industrial East, but business sentiment was just as bad because ownership of U. S. industry is not so localized as the factories. And looming on the scene were industrial reports for the first quarter, generally expected to be terrible. Even the Government's business was bad last week. Contradicting advance reports, Secretary...
Instead of a fair assessment of comparative merit, there was a crucifixion. Oratory was impaled on sentiment. Impartiality was considered the spawn of Communism...
...group recently chosen for the Rhodes Scholarships has aroused undergraduate interest in the type of men now being awarded this coveted honor, and has marked an unfortunate trend away from the all-round type of recipient. Much concern over this trend has been based on sentiment and on opposition to a change of any kind, but criticism of the subordination of leadership, athletic ability, and personality to scholastic attainment is well founded...
...think the Union Committee would do well in considering this proposal; perhaps even a referendum could be taken to determine the sentiment of the class. Sincerely yours, Fred Rosenberg...
...liked because he was a superior composition teacher, and because he had a vigorous and stimulating viewpoint on contemporary American literature, not for his considerable research work. Having terminated his connection with the analytical "Saturday Review of Literature," Bernard De Voto may be surprised to learn of strong undergraduate sentiment in favor of his return. This man deserves the chance to continue the teaching work he left unfinished at Harvard...