Word: sentimentals
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...That sentiment echoes the wishes of many in the Buddhist clergy, who through the newly formed All-Burma Monks Alliance, have called for Suu Kyi's release and, even more dramatically, the junta's expulsion "from Burmese soil forever." "We must not retreat," vows a 23-year-old monk in Rangoon. "If we retreat, we fail." Historically, Buddhist clerics have been a key element of resistance in Burma, from British colonial days through the democracy rallies in 1988. But this time, the monks are not simply adding their moral authority to the movement; they are leading the protests. The shift...
...infringing upon [students’] rights as consumers,” jealously guarding its “monopoly,” and “tarnishing [its] image in the mind of the College community,” one commentator lamented. The latent anti-Coop sentiment was clear: Harvard students deserved to pay less for course books, and the campus bookstore should not stand in their...
...This sentiment, however, both vainly ignores the value of the Coop’s unique service as well as risks making students sound like spoiled brats. Indeed, the Coop’s markup on course books is noticeable if not obscene: an abbreviated visit to the textbook bazaar will sufficiently validate many of the complaints. The discrepancy between publishers’ list and the Coop’s retail prices may often call into question at least the business sense, if not the integrity, of the bookstore’s proprietors. If nearly everyone acknowledges the price-gouging, why would...
...anti-Coop sentiment furthermore underlines an unjustified sense of entitlement. Students implicitly understand the cost of comparison shopping, of compiling the list of needed books (either via syllabi or illegal note-taking at the Coop) and trolling though sites like Amazon—explaining why many still end up shopping at the Coop. Yet since Crimson Reading had streamlined and greatly expedited bargain hunts, many now find it unreasonable that the Coop has complicated the process by forbidding the collection of ISBNs. In short, if you do not want to undergo the burdens of comparison shopping—sans...
...missing, they launched a massive media campaign that was endorsed by celebrities - billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson this week started a McCann defense fund with around $200,000 of seed money - and they even got a meeting with the Pope. The YouGov poll indicated that some of the anti-McCann sentiment in the U.K. is a negative response to their self-generated publicity...