Word: sentimentalizing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Aviv, argues that there is a difference between Israeli and Arab terrorism: "Arab violence against Jews is ultimately against the very existence of the Jewish state. In contrast, when Jews resort to violence against Arabs, they are not denying Israel's right to exist as a sovereign state." That sentiment reaches right into the government. Science and Technology Minister Yuval Ne'eman said in May that while he condemned "blind terror," the assaults on the mayors had "positive results" because the mayors had collaborated with the Palestine Liberation Organization...
There seemed to be strong sentiment for some sort of voluntary TV package put together by the N.C.A.A. The court appears to have left room for a loosened arrangement, but it remained unclear exactly what kind of plan could now pass muster. In the meantime, pressure for some schools to make private deals is already formidable...
When 47-year-old Discus Thrower Al Oerter wrecked his calf three weeks ago and abandoned his quest for a fifth gold-medal Games, sentiment took a tough loss. But it rebounded marvelously in the person of Hammer Thrower Burke, 44, the singular delight of the trials. His motto: "We must not step off life's parade." A veteran of the 1968 Olympics, Burke retired for twelve years, patented a hydraulic weight-lifting machine and sold it for $2 million. Five years ago, his two teen-age daughters helped him scrub the rust from the old ball and chain...
Community sentiment against Harvard because of the continued vacancy of one of the city's largest units, is strong, especially among some city councilors...
DIED. Meredith Willson, 82, The Music Man's music man, who wrote book, score and lyrics for the durable 1957 Broadway salute to small-town simplicity and sentiment, and The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1960), also a hit; in Santa Monica, Calif...