Word: sentimentals
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...intifadah and pursuing the sort of deal the U.S. and Israel is hoping he might accept. Indeed, nothing has hurt Abbas quite as much in the eyes of the Palestinian electorate as the poorly disguised enthusiasm for the Palestinian moderate on the part of the Bush administration - anti-American sentiment is as high, if not higher, in the West Bank and Gaza as it is in most other parts of the Arab world...
...across the Continent is weaker than was expected even two months ago. Retailers in Britain are bracing for the worst December in a decade, according to a survey released last week by the Confederation of British Industry; just 12% said they expect sales to be good. In France, shopper sentiment has also slid sharply since September. Some countries' consumers seem to be feeling more gift-happy than others (see chart). But if demand is skimpy, the biggest casualty, along with retailers, could be the toy industry, which does as much as half of its business in the Christmas season. Denmark...
Does this language and this sentiment exist in college? Of course it does, but it’s not new, and it’s not everything. But Wolfe seems to think it is new, or at least, that the language has changed so dramatically as to signal a serious downward departure from the “decent” sexual undercurrents of yesteryear’s undergraduates. Yet even if it had, the pervasiveness of sex in Charlotte Simmons eclipses nearly all else—academic pursuits in a supposed elite institution, genuine friendships, even romantic relationships...
...ending seems to cast Troy in a sympathetic light, an odd shift from the pervasive anti-Troy sentiment of the rest of the movie. Maybe the directors themselves do not know what to feel about their ex-friend. But after watching one-and-a-half hours of Troy’s greedy hoarding and inevitable self-destruction, one hopes that the directors’ finale is an attempt at rising above vengeance and mercenary exploitation. But maybe it’s not, and they simply retained more of Hollywood than they realized...
...supporters of the resolution were quick to quell suggestions that the bill played on local anti-Harvard sentiment...