Word: sentimentals
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...living in New York and Washington, D.C. One friend of mine—who happened to be of Lebanese descent—worked in the World Trade Center. He is still missing. I often think of his parents. They are afraid to leave their home because of anti-Arab sentiment. I can scarcely imagine how they must feel—grieving the loss of a son, yet being blamed for his death because of their ethnicity. This is the cruelest of ironies...
...terror campaign. Arab governments have found it increasingly difficult to support Washington on issues such as Iraq, for example, as the continued U.S. campaign against that country and the violence in the West Bank and Gaza has fanned anti-American rage on Arab streets. And it is precisely that sentiment that Bin Laden exploits to solicit recruits, funding and support across the Arab and Muslim world...
Koizumi's appeal isn't just about cleaning up politics and fixing the economy. He is also tapping into nationalistic sentiment. He advocates tinkering with the U.S. security pact and the Constitution to give Japan's military more flexibility. Last month he visited Yasukuni, the controversial Shinto war shrine where Japan's war dead, including war criminals, are honored. "You can't overestimate how much patriotism drives his thinking," say Jesper Koll, chief economist with Merrill Lynch in Japan and a Koizumi...
...community in France," says Claudine Barouhiel, a spokeswoman for Consistoire, a 200-year-old organization that represents religious French Jewish groups. Jean Kahn, Consistoire's director, is more blunt. "A lot of people in France now believe that Arafat has just one sole objective: the destruction of Israel." That sentiment has helped transform France's Jewish community into what Barouhiel calls a "much more active and militant, much more politically organized force." The shift has been evident both in the hallways of power and on the streets. Last week Kahn attended the U.N.'s racism conference as an official member...
...nights. And they were still feeling emotional about what the country had been through. "We're not Democrats here and we're not Republicans," Daschle said at one point to the group. "We're Americans. So let's do the right thing." Others nodded their heads to second that sentiment...