Word: sentimentalizing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...overcome the organizational hiatus that has been hampering the Michigander's cause. Meanwhile, Hall intends to give Romney a peg on which to hang a formal announcement of candidacy when the time is right. "He has asked me," said Hall, "to make a detailed and careful sounding of sentiment in every state with respect to the nomination and the best way to ensure the party's chances for success. When the survey is completed, I will report the results to him. I expect that report to play a key role in his decision...
...townies turned around and growled, "Screw you, Mac." But, after all, Eliot House is surrounded by walls and sheltered by tradition. There are no windmills in the courtyard and the archway is guarded. "He's a proud lion," says one Eliot House senior in a rare Harvardian burst of sentiment. "I respect...
Harvard's decision to participate in the Library development emphasized another dimension of the year's activity-the incessant growth of the University. Putting the government-economics-international relations building next to the Library was not done out of sheer sentiment: Harvard wants more room for these fields anyway, and available land is running out. The University has already begun a policy of building up instead of out; and in the view of many officials, passing up the opportunity to use the Bennett St. M.B.T.A. yards for expansion would have been a disastrous mistake...
While Orthodox Jews and conservative Protestants generally remain opposed to abortion reform, there is increasing sentiment in both church and synagogue to liberalize existing laws, within certain bounds. The New York State Council of Churches has endorsed the state's abortion bill on grounds of "profound charity." The New York Federation of Reform Synagogues, which also supports the new proposal, has pointed out that "great suffering and the loss of life of thousands of women is the price that is paid because abortion is illegal...
After a rundown of sentiment in each department indicated that most teaching fellows would be unwilling to join a "union"" or strike to achieve their demands, the committee voted to recommend the term "federation" to the Feb. 15 general membership meeting...