Word: sentiments
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...protest. They issued an ultimatum: If the military did not end its discriminatory practices within two years, Harvard would cut all ties to ROTC. Then-president Derek C. Bok and thendean of the Faculty A. Michael Spence sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney expressing the same sentiment...
Perhaps they neglected to test the candidates' oratorical skills. Or perhaps they purposefully selected someone who, insecure in the harsh light of the public arena, would be unable to appeal to mass sentiment in order to override their wishes. Whatever the explanation, in selecting a poor orator as president, the search committee has not served the University well...
...beginnings," but the mood of nostalgia that the songs evoke is somewhat self-conscious. In his own words, the director (and writer, and choreographer), Stuart Ross, is trying hard to avoid any hint of being "goopy or goody-two-shoes." Unfortunately, Ross ends up with an awkward mix of sentiment and goofiness...
...parents of children adopted abroad, and the groups that represent them, point out that much of the nay-saying sentiment is little more than pious hypocrisy. However much Third World governments may decry the surge in Western adoptions, millions of children around the world are abandoned and homeless -- about 7 million in Brazil alone. Only a tiny percentage of these children find homes locally, and in some cases they are doomed to eternal stigma. In Korea, for example, a Confucian value system places such a premium on male gender and blood ties that the adoption of a baby girl...
Charles P. Ducey, director of the Bureau of Study Counsel, who attended the forum, said afterward that he understands there is pressure, especially among Black students, to remain "independent." He said that sentiment can make it difficult for many students to seek counseling services...