Word: sentimentals
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...Harvard stage phenom, remains just as stunning more than a decade later. She has that rare species of blessed voice—fluid as quicksilver, full as down, and fine as lace. It carries a richness and sincerity that saturates every note she sings, regardless of the style or sentiment it embodies. It’s no exaggeration to say that, given the right combination of time and place, China Forbes’s voice can change your life...
...warplanes continuing their strikes throughout the country, there is no way to avoid these words. I wonder what consequences, if any, this change will bring - whether Syrians' ability to name the enemy will make Israel and its people more real and easier to relate to. Much of anti-Israeli sentiment that I have heard in Syria before has been rhetorical, operating at the most general level with references to "the Zionist enemy" and "the Jews" and the sense of an eternal conflict. In Beirut, by contrast, I was frequently startled to hear everyone from cab drivers to political figures pragmatically...
That's a nice sentiment. But what mainly drove the Partner deal is Sawiris' ambition to succeed everywhere he can--Israel included--beyond the borders of the Land of the Pharaohs. He is part of a new generation of entrepreneurs that, at last, is taking Arab business global. The obstacles continue to be immense, from corrupt bureaucratic Arab regimes and regional conflicts to anti-Arab bias in the West. Arab tycoons are still seething over the way political pressure forced Dubai Ports World to abort its buyout of U.S. port operators earlier this year...
Zach M. Warner, another Summer School student, echoed that sentiment...
...political climate has since shifted in McKinney's favor. Redistricting in 2004 strengthened McKinney's standing by removing some of her antagonistic white constituency. And anti-Bush sentiment is high. Crossover voting in Georgia's open primary (which helped defeat McKinney in 2002) is likely to be smaller than usual because of a heated Republican fight for lieutenant governor between former Christian Coalition head Ralph Reed and Georgia Senator Casey Cagle. Plus, it's tough to defeat an incumbent...