Word: sentimentalizing
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...more likely to be found in verbal communications—a conclusion supported by the report. “I think in terms of colloquialisms, more so than seeping into writing, they are seeping into verbal communications,” she said. English professor Lawrence Buell echoed a similar sentiment, stating that he hasn’t noticed a presence of e-mail speak in his students’ formal writing. “This is the top of the mountain peak that you’re surveying as far as potential quality and smarts of the student group...
...temptation for some legislators is to assess these endowments as a way to help fund state programs,” he said. “Then there is a sentiment that these universities can afford that, but I don’t think that’s fair...
...instructors. That’s an indignity that Harvard usually reserves for accounting students. If you want to know what visceral discomfort looks like, watch a Harvard ROTC student shuffle across campus in his military uniform. Banished by the Faculty in 1969 amid a rising tide of anti-war sentiment on Harvard’s campus, ROTC has more recently been relegated to its pariah status because of the military’s mindless discrimination against homosexuals. Forget the active duty that follows graduation—for our peers in uniform, the years of glory-free self-sacrifice start...
...sick to death of [hearing] the sound bites of Rev. Jeremiah Wright," a woman said to Obama at the town meeting, adding that she wished everyone could watch Wright's public-television interview with Bill Moyers. It was a common sentiment on the left, especially in the blogosphere. And it was true that Moyers presented a fairer, more nuanced picture of Wright-especially the good works done by Wright's church, the hundreds of lives saved and enriched by the church's social ministry, which, if Saint Peter actually does sit on a cloud with an account book, will surely...
...been searching for my whole trip. It was my second to last night in Italy and I knew I had finally found that perfect meal. I had to close my eyes between bites of the pasta. I was intoxicated by more than just the food, but the sentiment was genuine. I slapped my hand down on my seat and announced to the table, “This is where I’m going to be working next summer.” Fast forward eight months and 20 Italian A quizzes later. I know enough of the language to complete...