Word: sentimentally
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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This last twist was a severe surprise to the initial audience who had sat through two hours of shoddy sentiment and were all ready to don their rubbers and go home with "Victory" and "I love you" ringing in their ears. For the Queen had become involved with the hardboiled revolutionary leader and it seemed almost inevitable that they would join forces. There was no excuse for the bloody ending (she was shot). It was probably furnished in the idea that death indicates honest tragedy. It was as out of place as a hearse on a hay ride...
...hinted an astute florist once upon a time, "with flowers." Horticulture bloomed and boomed. Who will accuse the florists if, knowing well the market value of sentiment, they inspired devoted children to buy white carnations on what was named "Mothers...
...ureal symbol of the moon. If the author sees fit to tumble houses in incoherent masses on his back-drop, if he chooses to induce the Russian quality of the Fates in the person of the garbage man, how can it be called realism? As for romanticism, and the sentiment that "The Moon is a Gong is a corking love story", there is still more room for wonder. To bring a judgment to this individualistic play that might well be applied to such plays as Mr. Owen Davis's "Forever After" or such flapdoodle as "The Firebrand" is scarcely laudatory...
...States to use the ships of other nations; and in, fact the offering of her shipping is one of the few ways in which Europe can pay back the vast debt owed to the United States. The arguments for a great American merchant marine are based almost entirely on sentiment. There is only one valid argument for the support of an unprofitable institution; that of provision for national defense...
...private operation of the American ships would have to be aided by cheap loans, tariff provisions, and other government encouragement. Such a policy can be justified only if it contributes to national defense, and so far there has been little or no consideration of this aspect of the problem. Sentiment has clouded facts...