Word: sentiments
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Politicians, responding to the overwhelming resentment and public unhappiness bred by this sentiment and the growing antipathy towards the poor (never a very important constituency) are racing to harness and codify this anger. This results in harsh, almost draconian, short-sighted proposals, which will inevitably turn out to be counterproductive...
...team sentiment seemed to be somewhat different, however...
Olson echoed his teammate's sentiment...
...antismoking lawsuits have been filed since 1954, but not a single cigarette maker has been forced to pay a single penny in damages. Says Maura Ellis, a spokeswoman for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.: "Juries have consistently found that smokers should be held responsible for their own actions." But public sentiment began to shift during last year's congressional hearings, in which tobacco executives stubbornly refused to admit that smoking was addictive, even as internal company memos revealed that cigarette makers have long understood-and hidden-nicotine's addictive properties. Says Sheldon Schlesinger, a lawyer working on Florida's case...
Such a banal sentiment should more likely have found its way into a fortune cookie than onto the cover of a pre-eminent American news magazine...