Word: sentimentalizing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sharon then said on Israeli television that he had decided not to call up a reserve brigade during the Lebanon invasion because he was afraid that antiwar sentiment in the ranks would blunt the unit's effectiveness. Members of the brigade denounced the charge and pointed out that they had indeed been summoned to the front...
There is nothing wrong with loving nature. The trouble is that in the commercial rush to exploit this popular sentiment the notion of what is natural is getting stretched absurdly out of shape. It is even possible these days to see references to colors called natural vinyl and natural nylon. Considering nature's own glaring penchant for diverse and gaudy colors, it is illogical that any anemic shade should be called (as convention calls it) natural. And it is preposterous to put that label on synthetic stuff. If man-made plastics possess a natural color, then it is fair...
...however, the only thing more pathetic than the President's effort to blame the past for his own failure has been the Democrats response to the Great Communicator's logic-defying vertical onslaught. Most polls still defect a sizable--though diminishing--"give the man a chance" sentiment that the Democrats have not yet been able to dislodge. All of which may mean that the economy will have to get much worse before 1984 it Reagan himself is to be defeated. And if the economy actually improves, then Reagan will look just as prophetic as Tip O'Neill looks now which...
...same time, sentiment has grown among past and present management level employees that opportunities within the organization have lessened for student initiative and student control. Student managers express concern that decision-making has become overly top-heavy in recent years, dampening entrepreneurial spirit and frustrating some managers into apathy or resignation...
...yesterday's meeting, as a local television station taped the proceedings. Committee Chairman David Stern '84 announced a battery of new strategies to overcome anti-ivy sentiment...