Word: sentimentally
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Recently Mr. Reynolds has again expressed a concrete opinion: "Within 30 days there will be a very definite and easily measurable upturn in business. I mean by that something more than a change in sentiment and a foundation for hope. . . . Business is fundamentally sound despite the difficulties of some specific industries. The political situation is much more encouraging . . . Business has been stagnant so long that there has been a material accumulation of needs in almost all industry, and this must lead toward acceleration...
...more than 8,000 pieces of mail and at 66? a mile, which is the average figure for cost of flying operation, the Government realized $539.68 profit. There is no doubt the service can pay for itself-if the first great burst of business due to curiosity and sentiment does not fall...
RESOLVED, that the House of Representative expresses profound sentiment opposed to the discriminatory enactment; and be it further...
...That is to say, he hates Bolshevism, which is not surprising. He likes the clean-cut, antibureaucratic efficiency of Fascismo. The prejudices are based not upon concrete reasoning but upon temperamental predilections. The sober, nude, crude truth is that a partisan book cannot maintain itself on nebulous foundations of sentiment. Because the author has tried to do this, his book has fallen short of being first-class...
...underlying sentiment is that women who enter politics expecting to remain undefiled guardian angels will find themselves tarred with the same brush as the hitherto ruling sex. Conveying this thought is a young wife who is virtually dragged by the heels into running for Mayor by enthusiastic women friends, who feel that the town's politics need dusting off. In endeavoring to wage a clean campaign she commits most of the sins known to professional office-seekers. The author has very astutely led her to lie, cheat and practically embezzle, while bit by bit her ideals are chipped away...