Word: sentimentals
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...majority of his fellow cadets repeat this sentiment. It is at once idealistic and practical—serious patriotic aspiration toward leadership and service to one’s country, coupled with a strong awareness of the private-sector marketability of an officer pedigree. Most ROTC officer candidates don’t envision a lifetime in the military...
...there is something arresting about it too. The damned thing keeps gnawing at your mind--if only for its almost perfect lack of conventional sentiment. Or movieness. Take a tough pill--and maybe wear your lead shoes--and check it out. It's one of the oddest American "comedies" in recent memory. --By Richard Schickel
Historical analysis also suggests that the rise of nationalism is a response to humiliation and defeat, he said, citing the growth of strong nationalist sentiment in Nazi Germany...
There is a great deal of anti-war sentiment among the public, as demonstrated by the thousands of New Yorkers who turned out to protest Bush’s push for war in a huge Central Park rally on Monday. The protesters are acting as the nation’s conscience; they remind us that any war will be costly in terms of both American and Iraqi lives. They remind us that the anti-American feeling that will inevitably be engendered throughout the Arab world will hurt America in the long term. They remind us that those passions may even...
...that any action with such potentially severe consequences be strongly supported by America’s citizens. That consensus has not been reached yet; Monday’s HIPJ rally was one of many anti-war protests that have taken place across the nation. Congress must heed this public sentiment against military engagement with Iraq and debate more thoroughly President Bush’s proposed resolution...