Word: sentimentalizing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...corporate campaign strategy builds public sentiment in favor of unions and exerts enormous community pressure upon the folks in the boardrooms. It involves the personal lobbying of political figures on behalf of unions; stresses an executive's personal accountability for his corporate decisions; and involves massive research on corporate relations--such as how pension funds are invested, or which members of the board may have a conflict of interest...
...insufficient--it must be improved. With the above measures, we would not have to provide so much security for ourselves, as the administration would like us to. Apparently the administration fancies Winston Churchill's precept, "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty." But with vigilance comes fear, a sentiment with which Harvard students should not have to contend. Our security is worth far more than the administration seems to value...
...come off badly: he learns to drink beer, chat up girls and use a microwave. Both stars are expert at playing dumb in highly contrasting ways, and their search for their mother has its touching aspects. The whole movie has a warmth about it that never slops over into sentiment: there is much more here than tall-guy, short-guy jokes...
...reporter quoted a comment of mine about our union's selection of participants for the upcoming transition period meetings inaccurately. She ascribed to me a sentiment which makes no sense in the context of our interview, or of anything I've ever said or our union has ever done...
...dissenting editorial "Big Labor Blues" on Wednesday, November 16, reflects the type of misinformed, condescending sentiment that we only expect from the very worst of our supervisors, who are few in number. John C. Yoo, we hope you are never a manager or supervisor...