Word: sentimental
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Complaints about the House system almost invariably begin, either in jest or seriousness, with the restriction of parietal hours. The Student Council understandably polled the students two weeks ago in an attempt to discover how much sentiment really exists for proposed changes...
Before boarding his plane next day, Herter conferred with President Eisenhower, then paid a brief visit to ailing John Foster Dulles at Walter Reed Army Hospital. As Herter left the hospital suite, Dulles called out a farewell that voiced a general sentiment: "Good luck, Chris...
...income tax, refuse to release the veterans' fund until Williams agrees. Still adamant. Soapy Williams offered a compromise. The compromise, it turned out, was his original offer restated, and it was turned down. As the deadlock continued and funds got scarcer, the Detroit News crystallized a common sentiment about the poverty of statesmanship: "Party leadership has shown it cannot lead, except into disaster. It's time for men of better will to get to work...
...pride. Even old Colonel Merriam, his father's boss, sees the boy's virtues, and it seems not unlikely that Philip will cut through social barriers and marry the old man's lovely, city-educated granddaughter. His valedictorian address is ready, full of noble sentiment, for his marks are the best in the senior class. Then comes the blow that tests him, his parents, and all the town...
...wrote one wag. "You meet happy people on the MTA," another improvised. "Ridiculous and hollow," "frightening artificiality," and "a rationalization for dissatisfied commuters"--these were other reactions, together with "Pleasant in many ways, but causes a provincial, cliquish atmosphere," and "Definitely true--too much, perhaps makes us clannish." This sentiment was echoed in other parts of the poll...