Word: sentimentals
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...member of the local gay community, says the gay scene has become so visible "partly out of need. The community here can be so oppressive, it almost creates the need for a thriving gay and lesbian community." Outsiders visiting Utah are frequently shocked by the degree of anti-Mormon sentiment that is expressed in conversation by non-Mormons, often quite openly. "People say things about Mormons that they wouldn't dream of saying about blacks or Hispanics or Jews or whatever," says Zimmerman...
...Pearl's abduction may be part of the fallout from the war in Afghanistan. The widespread rage that was predicted on the streets of Pakistan when the U.S. launched its military campaign did not materialize. But perhaps we're now starting to see some of that sentiment expressed in a more dispersed, although potentially even more dangerous...
...band, not a cosmology, and if the group wants to be genuinely uplifting, its members can't just declare themselves positive and leave it at that. Is a line like, "You try to take the best of me/ Go away" really positive? Sure, some kids may empathize with the sentiment, but the lyric hardly provides an adequate means of transcending loneliness and insignificance. Bennington and Shinoda have to find a way to get the message they truly advocate into their songs, and so far they haven't really done the job. For a band so heavily invested in trying...
...Pentagon has a lot of public support, in the U.S. anyway, for treating prisoners any way it sees fit. Is that sentiment posing a problem...
Such an arrangement would represent a dedication by the University to the idea that all Harvard students (and, moreover, all physically capable U.S. citizens) ought to be able to serve their country. This notion of inclusion in service is, in fact, the very sentiment that underlies the issue of ROTC funding. Therefore, should the University choose to extend funding, it ought either to fight “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” by lobbying the Department of Defense and Congress, or it should fund a group that will...