Word: sentiments
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...however, anti-Communist sentiment among the U.E.'s rank & file began to rise. Sentner's own Local 1102 began to turn against him, and his right to hold his district office was challenged in the courts. After the Taft-Hartley law was passed, he was asked if he intended to resign and allow the union to comply with the law. "That decision," he replied, "is up to the membership of this union." Last week, Local 1102 made its decision. By a vote of 950-2, Bill Sentner-still hanging on to his district and international offices -was expelled...
Sharing the neo-classical sentiment of the period, Wedgwood called his factory "Etruria," and kept a stable of designers in Rome to copy new relics for him as soon as they were dug up. His pet employee, John Flaxman, whom he reserved for designing plaques, intaglios and ornamental urns, sometimes surpassed the classic models...
...other time of year. Spring fever is no laughing matter, says Anti-Vernalist Petersen: the human frame, drained of energy and vitamins during the winter, is a pushover for physical and mental ailments. He did not prescribe sulphur & molasses, but to his faithful he offered a further seasonal sentiment: a majority of the world's criminals, and most of its geniuses, were conceived in the spring. Dr. Petersen, 61, was born in March...
...never since I joined the revolution have I been called on to make such a decision. ... On account of the contributions we made during the northern expedition and the war of resistance, the foundation of the republic has been greatly strengthened. The idea of democracy has become a popular sentiment. In these circumstances our party does not need to keep the post and honor of the presidency. . . . We can entrust to a person outside the party the grave responsibility of making the constitution a living thing. Only in this manner shall we rally the support of the people...
Keynoter Jean Hersholt rose to announce that "We are sentimental people. . . ." But the 6,000-odd movie colonists assembled in Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium gave only one sign of out-&-out sentiment during the whole evening. That was a cheery huzzah for cheery Edmund Gwenn, who won an Oscar as the best supporting actor for his very human, slightly balmy Santa Claus in Miracle on 34th Street. Celeste Holm was named the best supporting actress for her acid other-womanizing in Gentleman's Agreement...