Word: sentimentals
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...leaders. Egypt and Jordan have seen intensifying street demonstrations and clashes with police since the current Palestinian uprising began, with ordinary citizens demanding that their governments take a tougher stand against the Jewish state. While neither state is entirely democratic, they are ultimately forced to take account of public sentiment - indeed, last week's Egyptian election saw candidates backed by an outlawed Islamist party gain 17 seats from the government, despite the government's best efforts to harass them and their supporters...
...strings. The Boys sing lines like "I cannot hide I can't erase/ The way you make me feel inside/ You complete me girl that's why." The gushing, unapologetic pathos of the song may stink like rotten milk to some listeners. But if you're willing to accept sentiment in place of emotion, corniness in place of craft and corporate marketing in place of your own free will, it can be intoxicating...
...There is a widespread sentiment for trying to reduce our student-faculty ratio," Meltzer says, but adds, "Some colleagues feel it should be done by reducing the number of students [not increasing the number of faculty...
...Harvard student, it's hard to disagree with the sentiment, but as an objective observer of the Harvard football team for the past four years, I'm sorry to report that it should have ended this...
...presidential nominee Joe Lieberman was among the first Democrats to take a conciliatory stance on the military ballot issue, saying on NBC's "Meet the Press" he thought vote counters should give those ballots "the benefit of the doubt." Nobody within the Gore campaign would comment on Lieberman's sentiment, or whether the vice president shared it. But when you take the senator's assertion in conjunction with Butterworth?s announcement, you have what looks very much like a change of heart. Now we'll just have to wait to see if beleaguered election officials are as susceptible...