Word: sentimentals
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According to Ryan, writers of the period aestheticized violence. They conjoined nationalist sentiment with “libidinal interest.” Essentially, they made Nazism sexy, or at least sexually charged...
...wrote University President Lawrence H. Summers and Tyler Professor of Constitutional Law Laurence H. Tribe in an op-ed published in The New York Times on March 29, 2003. They expressed this sentiment in reaction to a Supreme Court case which questioned the admissions process at the University of Michigan (UM). Treating race as one factor among many, both Harvard and UM (which won the legal battle) seek to admit a diverse student body. With classes composed of a wide range of ethnicities and backgrounds, each individual Harvard student benefits from the myriad perspectives their peers bring to the table...
...however, has left its rejected applicants indignant over its decision, with most voicing that the school overreacted without fully understanding the situation. Now, what seemed to be a lesson in business world ethics seems to have added to anti-Harvard sentiment...
David T. Scadden, professor of medicine at HMS and co-director of the HSCI, expressed a similar sentiment...
...more division. The very wording of the “lack” of confidence vote—as opposed to a less widely supported “no” confidence—suggests especially that this vote was more about divisive power politics than about the actual sentiment expressed. The Harvard Corporation was never likely to fire Summers—lack of Faculty confidence notwithstanding—and the best option from the start was Skocpol’s more conciliatory proposal...