Word: sentimentals
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...number of Jewish students at Harvard—then 21 percent of the student body. In a letter published in the New York Times, Lowell—for whom the House is named—maintained that it would benefit the University and help reduce anti-Semitic sentiment. When outright quotas raised objections, he changed the admissions criteria to include photographs of applicants as well as “an estimate of personal character.” Over the course of his tenure, the number of Jewish students declined to 10 percent...
Bruce Springsteen The Boss has never won album of the year, and there was growing sentiment in the last few weeks that Magic would end up being the Grammy equivalent of the The Departed - a lifetime achievement make-up call for years of overlooking superior work. Instead, Springsteen gets bumped out of album consideration by the Foo Figters, and his four nominations are in lesser categories...
...Some SWF officials say they are adjusting their investment plans to match a world where protectionist sentiment is rising. Singapore's Temasek has already said it is becoming more cautious. "In every country, whether it is in Asia or Europe, there is an increasing tide of nationalism," Temasek chairman Suppiah Dhanabalan recently told Singapore's Straits Times newspaper. "We've got to take various factors into account, such as whether the company or the activity is iconic for that country, whether it will arouse all kinds of emotional sentiment...
...travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive." During the long, bitter years when Gordon Brown hungered for the top job in British politics, he'd never have agreed with this sentiment framed by a fellow Scot, 19th century author Robert Louis Stevenson. After Brown finally collected the keys to 10 Downing Street on June 27, his first three months in office exceeded expectations - his and his country's. Many Britons, even those who rejoiced at Tony Blair's exit, had worried that their brainy, brawny Chancellor of the Exchequer was too complex and introspective to make an effective...
When asked about his favorite book, Eastman expressed a popular sentiment: “Anything. I’ll read a sugar label...