Word: sentiments
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...debate renewal of China's most- favored-nation status, Beijing last week announced the release of 211 dissidents, jailed since last June's crackdown in Tiananmen Square. Congressional leaders, however, said they were unlikely to be swayed by the move. Senator Richard Lugar warned that there was "very considerable sentiment" to deny China the MFN status it has held since 1980. The impact of the prisoner release was also diluted by allegations from Xu Lin, a Chinese embassy official who defected two weeks ago. According to Xu, Beijing has been systematically harassing its expatriate students, warning them of jeopardy...
After seven days of total immersion in such prime-time platitudes, other smaller, less socially significant mysteries remain. Why was Grace, the tall, blond judge on L.A. Law, the only person allowed to voice the all-American sentiment that she hates her job? What happened to all the neighbors who used to drop by for coffee on all the sitcoms, and why have they been replaced by work groups? Why are there so few good meals and so many bad restaurants on television? Why are there no nostalgia shows reprising the '50s or '70s? And how about the biggest puzzle...
Some aficionados are concerned that the search for exotic breads may be getting out of hand. Says Bernard Clayton, author of The New Complete Book of Breads: "Thank goodness there are good breads today, but there are some things out there that are horrifying." An understandable sentiment, given the emergence of such bizarre products as seaweed bread, cottage-cheese dill loaves and a cherry-chocolate concoction that sells for a thumping $10 a loaf...
...Since sentiment in the state legislature is running strongly toward banning such weaponry, Borges plans to examine Colt's gun. If it is deemed an assault weapon, he plans to block its production. "I will exercise every option available as a significant shareholder," says he. "Assault rifles for civilian consumers have no place...
...global-warming conference set up by the White House. The Administration had hoped to get a debate going on the uncertainties of the greenhouse effect. Instead, most of the delegates appeared to agree that the global-warming threat is real and potentially serious. In the face of this strong sentiment, President Bush denied that he was taking global warming too lightly. The President reconfirmed a U.S. pledge to cooperate in a United Nations effort to forge an international agreement on dealing with climate change...