Word: sentimentals
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...Lawrence-Lightfoot echoed Gates’ sentiment...
...Sheriff West says he has a good relationship with the local officials on the Mexican side, but says he senses a growing anti-American feeling in the area. As for the sentiment in Washington, West said the federal government is in denial about the level of border violence, sort of "like having a pregnant daughter and saying she doesn't fool around...
...Italian luge team, Gerhard Plankensteiner and Oswald Haselrieder, live and work together as forest rangers in Cortina. They share hotel rooms on the road and put in long hours prepping for competition. "We're like married couples," says Todd Hays, the top U.S. bobsled driver, sharing a sentiment echoed by dozens of athletes in these sports. Some skaters, in fact, do get hitched...
...called an award show, but it's really a TV show--the top-rated entertainment show of the year. And like the nightly news, The Apprentice and NFL Prime Time, the Academy Awards needs a host: someone to set the tone, keep things moving and undercut the sentiment and self-importance of the acceptance speeches. In short, be the person who both represents and mocks the movies on a night when the whole world is paying attention...
...Almighty God's gift to each man and woman in this world." A lovely sentiment, a beautiful line, a potentially disastrous policy. It is common wisdom among serious democracy advocates that there are preconditions for successful representative government. There must be a solid middle class; there must be the rule of law and freedom of speech. But a more elusive human quality is necessary as well: a drastic change of public sensibility from passivity toward active engagement. In a place like Iraq-or the former Soviet Union-passivity was a survival mechanism. The best way to live with a tyrant...