Word: sentimentality
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...most regrettable aspects of the Manchurian tangle is the setback which it is giving to sentiment for repeal of the Japanese exclusion act. In recent years the opinion has spread that the exclusion was unnecessary, and even unjust. The notion that Japanese immigration furnished dangerous competition for American labor was gradually being dispelled. The two hundred Japanese who would be admitted yearly by the quota system could hardly disturb American labor even in the depression...
...sufficiently good repute to lead the "New Tammany" into national potency and esteem. Having served five years as the Hall's leader, while Mr. Smith twice failed to become President, Judge Olvany resigned two years ago (TIME, March 25, 1929), succumbing to ill health and general anti-Smith sentiment in the organization...
...Native sentiment for independence is politically organized and vocal, but not conclusively a majority. Opposition to independence is large, timid, unorganized. Politics is a big local industry which has outstripped economics. The islands are not yet ripe for freedom. They need economic development. It would be bad enough to turn them loose in good times but immediate independence during Depression would be their ruin...
...they were subjected early in the season by Western Maryland. Next week the Elis earn a complete rest, which from both a psychological and physical viewpoint, should key them up to a far better pitch than their traditional rivals. The Yale Daily News seems to thoroughly share in this sentiment, as they are credited with this bold-hearted assertion, in reference to the unemployment collection slated for the epic Harvard-Yale clash: "The spectators will give freely only if their favorite team is winning, so if the managers are wise the Crimson side of the Stadium will be canvassed first...
...Oxford man making up each side of the question. Then in the rebuttal, or 10-minute discussion at the close of the debate, Harvard will give a negative summary, while Oxford will summarize the affirmative arguments. This decision has been reached partly due to the fact that sentiment in America is more in the negative than in the affirmative, while in England the affirmative arguments for cancellation of debts have been more widespread...