Word: sentimentals
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...hurling a shoe at someone is a grave insult. Iraqi TV reporter Muntazer al-Zaidi's decision to fling his size 10s made him an instant hero to many, although some noted that it broke Arab rules of hospitality, not to mention the journalists' code of objectivity. But the sentiment behind the shoe leather was widely shared: Iraq may have more of a future now than it did under Saddam, but Iraqis are never going to be grateful for having been invaded. (It's unclear what will become of al-Zaidi, but Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki will undoubtedly...
...hulk, a man's dogged decency is on display, and so, briefly, is Rourke's fallen-angel smile. In the scene that could cinch his Oscar nomination, he gets a long close-up as Randy pours out his clumsy love for his daughter. The speech is boilerplate sentiment, which the actor - who says he reworked it to reflect his own life - elevates to a passion as sweet as it is forlorn. (The speech is up there with the one Jean-Claude Van Damme, another comeback kid of 2008, gives in his quasi-autobiographical JCVD.) If Rourke had to punish himself...
...Miller echoed this sentiment...
Chicago has always stood at the apex of this tradition. It is no coincidence that the sentiment of William T. Stead— who lambasted the culture of corruption in the industrial city in a book entitled, “If Christ Came to Chicago”—seems appropriate even today...
...reform. “It’s better because we won’t have to worry about exams over winter break. We get to have closure before break,” said Anna J. Murphy ’12. Bonnie Cao ’12, echoed this sentiment. “Then winter break will actually be a break,” she said. “Now, I’m going to go home and see all my friends and they’ll say ‘I’m so happy it?...