Word: sentimentals
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...keep up the propaganda onslaught 60 years after Japan's surrender? Many suspect China's unelected leaders hope to use anti-Japan sentiment to buttress their own legitimacy. Ever since the Tiananmen Massacre of 1989, support for the Communist Party has rested on the shaky foundation of economic growth. Nationalism, by contrast, could prove more enduring. "Reviving war memories keeps the nation united against Japan, and behind the party," says Beijing-based writer Liu Xiaobo. It's a risky strategy. Anti-Japan sentiment grew into rowdy street protests in Beijing and Shanghai in April, which the quickly government suppressed...
...recently by “Sideways,” and “Tennis” adds nothing to the genre. While “Tennis” attempts to be a feel-good affirmation with substance and humor, the writing isn’t clever enough and the sentiment is empty. If Logue had made the audience rally behind his out-of-luck losers, the film might have been a worthy fusion of the feel-good sports comedy and buddy genres. Instead, “Tennis, Anyone?” makes one hope this is game, set, match...
...writes in an e-mail.And the UC seems to agree.The UC’s recently-tabled amendment to dissolve its Campus Life Committee (CLC) and replace it with an autonomous, directly-elected Social Events Committee (SEC) responsible for planning campus-wide social events indicates a growing sentiment that the UC needs to reform its social planning.“I think people are right in saying the council’s CLC is not necessarily constituted of people who want to plan events—it’s people who generally want to be on student government...
...because they’re so happy to see someone so unconventionally ‘UC-like’ running for president,” he says.CLC Services Vice-Chair Nick E. Huber ’09, who has worked closely with Voith over the past semester, echoes this sentiment.“Voith’s also a real guy outside of the UC,” says Huber, who is also working on the Voith-Gadgil campaign. “Varsity athlete, loves to have fun. Funny, charismatic, great.”Voith swam for the varsity team...
...Abrams said. “The notion that somehow, some member of the media...is less credible than someone being paid to advocate for somebody is an absurdity.” He also attacked the belief that media somehow affects a trial’s result, a sentiment shared by the other panelists. “It’s such an easy scapegoat to blame the media,” Abrams said. “I don’t buy the argument that media coverage somehow leads to a particular conclusion.” Coakley, who is also...