Word: sentimentals
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...this subject to change? Absolutely. Oil may be the Arab world's daily bread, but it's also its only weapon - if, say, Arafat is killed or Israel goes too far in its incursions into Palestinian territories, popular sentiment in the already-shaky local regimes could force Arab governments to put up a show of defiance to calm their constituencies. And even the threat of an embargo could push up global prices, just as the more immediate threat of a war-related supply disruption is doing so now. And it might even have the desired effect - just as Sept...
...general sentiment of the bill is in line with the bigger picture of the UC,” Lee said...
...stands to lose the cooperation of Palestinian moderates who are willing to accept defensible borders for Israel as long as Palestinians are guaranteed self-determination and a viable, independent state. Both the Palestinian and the Israeli majorities are tired of violence and perpetual fear. Israel must capitalize on that sentiment if, as Sharon claims, “The state of Israel seeks peace...
...Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has described the pogrom merely as "unfortunate." Pravin Togadiya, general secretary of the VHP, warns that he can see Hindu sentiment getting even more out of hand. Said one rioter in Ahmadabad, capital of Gujarat, as he watched his comrades pillage a cluster of Muslim homes: "We want to make sure the Muslims never come back." If there is one immutable law of nature, it is that violence begets violence, and hatred spawns more hate (think of the Middle East). India's long national nightmare may just be beginning...
Could the real motive behind banning the sport, then, be spite, a way of getting at those toffs on horseback, a last gasp of the class war? (And even this sentiment is misplaced, since half the hunt might be shopkeepers and small farmers). Lecocq believes so, and says that a ban will convince many Europeans that "British society still hasn't overcome the class struggle from the 19th century." He argues, too, that the whole hunting debate in Britain is linked to the "increasing polarization between an intolerant, even aggressive urban society and a traditional rural society less skilled...