Word: sentiments
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...acknowledged fiancee of the Duke of Windsor, makes highly unpardonable use of the word "mistress" [TIME, March 8.] Gentlemen, and Kings whether active or abdicated, do not marry "mistresses," and it is high time that the cheap tittle-tattle of the scurrilous should end. . . . There is a strong sentiment in England as there is here that both lady & lover have been treated in a most unchivalrous and dastardly manner both by Cads Clerical and Cads Temporal, and it is high time that fair play and a more kindly and Christian attitude be evidenced in the matter...
Another curious phenomenon which Uncle Earnest pointed out was the differences of attitude among anthropologists according to nationality. "While there is, of course, no unanimity of opinion as to man's origin among the German students, it is worthy of note that the prevalent and perhaps predominant sentiment of Ger man anthropologists is and has been for a number of decades decidedly pro-ape. . . . If the Germans are on the side of the apes, the English have arrayed themselves almost solidly on the side of the angels. Thus the opinion of Sir Arthur Keith and Le Gros Clark separates...
...their negotiations by a third impartial country. As bait for maintenance of a moderate government and a real attempt to live peacefully the League of Nations might grant a large loan. It was bribery of this sort that set Central Europe on stable feet after the World War. Isolationist sentiment ties the hands of the United States, the logical country to offer itself as arbiter between the sides and as manager of the League loan. The award of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1936 to the Foreign Minister of the Argentine directs attention to the part South America is starting...
Everyone who sympathizes with the efforts of the Student Union to marshal peace sentiment will receive with joy the announcement of a national, dignified peace strike...
...could get it, she often says, and even now she finds it impossible to break with the past. Her most treasured possession from the dear, dead days is her embalmer's license, which she faithfully renews every time it expires. When asked why, she replies wistfully, "Just sentiment, I guess...