Word: sentimentally
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...protesters did not remove the shanties, however, nor did the college. The administration, bowing to student sentiment and the fear of unfavorable media attention, allowed the plywood symbols to remain for "educational purposes...
...craters via space probes. Only the women among the American space victims were selected because the Soviets respect the view in Roman mythology that Venus is the goddess of beauty. Several Soviet cosmonauts sent a collective note of sympathy directly to NASA. Soviet citizens seemed to share the sentiment. "When something like this happens," said a Moscow factory worker named Yelena, "we are neither Russians nor Americans. We all just feel sorry for those who died and for their families...
...That sentiment is echoed by an increasing number of exercise-minded Americans. "Twelve years ago, we didn't even have a consumer market," says Ronald Labrum, president of Centurion Sales Co. in Mountain View, Calif., which then concentrated on supplying gym equipment to institutions and apartment buildings. Now 25% of the company's customers buy for their homes. Declares Labrum: "It's probably the fastest-growing market segment we have...
...Philippines gained independence from the U.S., the two countries signed an agreement permitting the U.S. military to operate Clark and Subic for 99 years. In 1959 the term was shortened to 25 years, subject to renewal or cancellation every five years. During the 1979 negotiations, Marcos exploited anti-American sentiment and demanded $7.5 billion in "rent." Eventually, he settled for sovereignty over both bases plus $900 million in assistance over five years. One reason that the U.S. was willing to placate Marcos was that the Soviet Union has since 1979 slowly established a major naval complex at the fomer...
Administration officials express confidence that sentiment is turning against the Nicaraguan government. "I sense a certain militancy growing," said one senior aide to Reagan. Congress last year limited U.S. help to the contras to $27 million in humanitarian supplies and cut off all military aid. Only days after that decision, Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega Saavedra flew off to visit Moscow; interpreting the trip as a nose-thumbing gesture, some Congressmen said they regretted having rejected the military funding. Ortega's government has cracked down further on the freedom of the clergy and the press. "People have come to know...