Word: sentimentals
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Some diplomats believe that the protests have been encouraged by Communist Party conservatives who are still fighting a rearguard action against Deng's reforms. Others accuse the government of encouraging anti-Japanese sentiment as a means of boosting national feelings. Whatever the reason, it may not have been a coincidence that the Peking government last week announced plans to remove, in the interests of beautification, the large billboards that advertise Japanese products along the capital's main avenue...
...seen since the Great Depression. More than 200 anti-import bills surfaced in Congress, including measures to keep out shoes and textiles. "The protectionist pot is about to boil over," Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole proclaimed on a trip to Japan in August. "I have never seen stronger congressional sentiment for acting on the trade front...
...proposals are certain to run into trouble when they reach Congress. There has been growing public concern that the merger wave has already gone too far, and that sentiment is likely to be reflected among legislators. Peter Rodino, a New Jersey Democrat and chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, predicted last week that his panel will not support "substantial or precipitous changes in the antitrust laws." The overhaul should receive a warmer greeting in the Senate, where South Carolina Republican Strom Thurmond, who heads the Judiciary Committee, plans to give it careful consideration. An aide described Thurmond as a longtime...
...Dancing is about show-biz pros turning amateur (there's not even a cash prize) and daring to be amateurish. Dance, for most of us, is about letting go, being inept and not caring. And Dancing, from its laughed-off missteps to its militantly dated production values, is that sentiment lustily, dorkily embodied. It is not the most original, brilliant show of the year, or even the month. But who doesn't enjoy a June wedding? --With reporting by Desa Philadelphia/Los Angeles
...That sentiment is a long way from current constitutional jurisprudence. It also happens to be quite distant from the military norm. While irritations do occur (a group of evangelical chaplains has been suing the Navy for years on claims of alleged career discrimination), Evangelicals have usually found ways to give witness without offending the military's doggedly maintained principle of pluralism. This week's academy report may provide hints as to whether this admittedly tricky model can survive as Evangelicalism becomes more assertive and its critics more defensive. Meanwhile, if the report is released as expected, academy personnel will have...