Word: sentimentals
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Lee’s column is soaked in the mentality that the U.S. is responsible for everything good that ever happened to South Korea. Such sentiment would be unwelcome in South Korea, where the unspoken sentiment is that South Koreans achieved democracy not because of, but in spite of the U.S., in the past an eager supporter of the military dictatorships and possibly a silent accomplice in the Kwangju massacre of May 1980 that put down a swelling pro-democracy movement...
...result is the growing stigmatizing of a whole generation of Dutch-born Moroccans. So K__ Marokkanen has become something of an anthem among all sorts of foreigners living in the Netherlands. "So many people come up to me in the street and say they can identify with the sentiment expressed in the text," Raymzter says. Raymzter, whose real name is Raymon Renssen, 23, leads a pretty tame life for a rebel rapster. He lives with his mom, who is a single parent, two younger brothers and sister in a terraced house in one of the less salubrious neighborhoods of Almere...
...Catholic priesthood. At Harvard in December, the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgendered and Supporters Alliance’s anti-homophobia efforts reminded the community to scrutinize its own attitudes of acceptance of sexual minorities. Many American Catholics have chosen this past year, in which abuse revelations and anti-gay sentiment have injured Catholic communities around the country, to examine the Church’s teachings on sexuality and sin and to envision how these teachings may apply to a culture from which they differ sharply...
...timetable of any U.S. invasion. President Bush is signaling growing impatience with the UN weapons inspection process, and administration officials are furious at France and Germany's rejection of any move to military action at this stage. The French and German positions are being driven by the overwhelmingly antiwar sentiment of their citizenry, and the fact that over 80 percent of the British electorate opposes military action without UN backing creates a problem for Blair...
...France, the consumer outlook has held steady. But spending in November declined 1.7% from the previous month, so analysts are anxiously awaiting December results. German consumers have already surrendered. According to retail giant Metro, 2002 was the worst year for German stores since World War II. The consumer sentiment index has dropped to the same level as in recessionary years 1993 and 1996. Nor is Britain insulated from uncertainty. Over the past two years, consumer spending has been buoyed by the country's strong housing market, and from April 2001 to April 2002 - when monthly same-store sales grew...