Word: sentimentalizing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...think we've overreached ourselves," says Johns Hopkins' Arnold Wolfers, reflecting widespread sentiment in the academic world. "In the Kennedy era, the idea was that we had to be everywhere. It's no longer possible to control every situation...
There is a certain amount of sentiment for getting out of Viet Nam at once and at all costs. The leading congressional spokesmen for this view had been Senators Wayne Morse of Oregon and Ernest Gruening of Alaska until they were suddenly and surprisingly joined two weeks ago by Georgia's Richard Russell, a heretofore generally fervent supporter of a strong U.S. position in the world and a close friend of President Johnson's. South Dakota's George McGovern recently added his voice. "We are on a dead-end street," he said, "and ours is a bankrupt...
...York Court of Appeals. Gambling debts are legally collectible in Puerto Rico, noted the court's 5-to-2 majority, and New York is bound to honor a "foreign right" unless it violates "some prevalent conception of good morals." New York does permit pari-mutuel betting, and "public sentiment in New York is only against unlicensed gambling." Given this quasi approval, ruled the majority, "injustice would result" if New Yorkers could renege on losses in any state where gambling "contracts" are binding...
...last analysis, each man must make his own accommodation to death. Almost universal is the sentiment of Dr. Charles W. Mayo, recently retired from active surgery at the Mayo Clinic: "I hope that when I die, it will be quick. But if there is some delay, then I hope I'll have somebody I love with me-somebody to hold my hand...
...Volpe out of a sense of frustration with Bellotti. For six weeks, they had besieged Bellotti headquarters with telephone calls, seeking a meeting with the Lieutenant Governor. On Oct. 7 a meeting was scheduled, by Bellotti broke the appointment. This snub added strength to the two groups' pro-Volpe sentiment...