Word: sentimentals
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...Republicans still do have a sense of humor. Especially this week--what better time for anti-government sentiment than a week in which the government comes knocking on your door to count you, ask you the status of your household plumbing, and find out what time you leave for work and how long you're gone. Of course, the results of this last question will only be used if you fail to turn in that other form this week to the IRS, in which case official government agents will break into your house and steal your stuff, in lieu...
...bigger picture, of course, such resolutions are mostly harmless international name-calling - Beijing was never going to mimic the histrionics of Havana, which held mass official demonstrations Wednesday against criticism by the U.N. commission - but the vote may be a bellwether of international sentiment on China. Washington's failure to rouse a majority for castigating China suggests that the international community is increasingly unwilling to manage its relationship with Beijing through the prism of U.S. concerns, and that gives China plenty of room to maneuver. Even Washington's closest international ally, Israel, has rebuffed U.S. efforts to stop it from...
...their part, the Miami relatives with whom Elian is staying, desperate to win over the national sentiment that has been against them since this drama began, let ABC's Diane Sawyer interview the boy. At one point, the cameras captured him shyly wondering whether his mother was still alive and had forgotten about him. That, says a child psychiatrist who had been approached earlier by the Miami relatives to evaluate Elian, indicated that the boy "has not...started the grieving process...
...sentiment in the community is that this is unacceptable," said John Pitkin, the head of the Mid-Cambridge Neighborhood Association, a neighborhood advisory organization. "[The board] could not approve the design and make the neighbors happy...
...name has a lot of pride and sentiment, and we take that very seriously. It's not to be altered lightly," she said. "But I hope the alumnae will support this, so that we can grow as an organization...