Word: sentiments
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...last week's Armed Services hearings, there was a strong sentiment that President Bush erred in sending a new wave of troops into the Gulf. Perhaps reducing that troop level will cause the U.S. more embarassment. But a long, costly war could cost the U.S. far more embarassment. Even if we "win," it is not clear that we could attain post-war stability in the Gulf...
...decided by the local community, based on its financial needs. Thatcher fervently believed the old tax should be dumped because it affected only property owners, but the new assessment exacted the same amount from rich and poor alike. Nothing except perhaps Thatcher's personality provoked so much anti-Conservative sentiment among voters. The poor were as angry as the middle-class homeowners who found poll-tax bills several times higher than the previous property taxes. In various ways, the candidates made clear they were ready to make necessary changes. Foreign investment may grow even faster, encouraged by the prospect that...
CARLENE CARTER: I FELL IN LOVE (Reprise). Country without sentiment, autobiography without tears. Carter's first album in seven years is not only a welcome return but also a reminder that she's one of the best down-home singer-songwriters around. Nothing could be finer...
...Syrian capital: antigovernment graffiti. LONG LIVE SADDAM HUSSEIN, one scrawler proclaimed recently in a bold protest against President Hafez Assad's participation in the U.S.-led alliance against Saddam. The inscriptions are quickly erased, but government authorities know that all the whitewash in the world cannot obliterate the sentiment they express. "To be anti-U.S. and pro-Arab nationalism is what people in Syria have been groomed for, and it's very difficult to shake off," says a Western diplomat in Damascus. "This feeling is all of the government's making, and now it doesn't serve their purposes...
Hamilton said he thinks the MBTA shot down the price increase proposal yesterday in reponse to widespread negative public sentiment...