Word: sentimentality
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...universal air of hesitation throughout Business is undoubtedly the coming Presidential election. The nomination of Mr. Coolidge is assured. But the uncertainty as to the Democratic standardbearer, the fear of third party tactics, and the possibility of electing the next President in the House and Senate are holding financial sentiment in suspense. From present indications it is hard to see how this suspension of business judgment will become either more optimistic or more pessimistic before midSummer, when the election predictions will begin to assume more definite shape...
...diplomatic corps thought him a bit pitiful or ridiculous. Yet Mr. Johnson, as he has shown in his delightful reminiscences, was carrying out a policy prearranged with Mr. Wilson, of treating the Italians as children, lovable or naughty. The measure of his success is the extraordinary reversal of Italian sentiment towards the U. S. Fiume was forgotten. The bitterness subsided, Americans were respected, for Ambassador Johnson showed that he could be firm...
...means presupposed rejection. As utter chaos stares Germany in the face, if she reject the Dawes plan, its ultimate passage is certain. This was recognized by moderates of all Parties. The torrent of editorials in the American press to the effect that the election was to test the Republican sentiment of the country is incorrect. The big issue was financial reconstruction. The Extreme Monarchists were perhaps the only members of parties committed to overthrowing the Republic, and they were in the minority...
...Reichstag will have about 475-485 members.* Of these, Centrists, German People's Party and the variously-opinioned Nationalists number about 300. All these actually favor a return to monarchial government, but most of them support the Republic. The new Reichstag is, therefore, predominantly Monarchist in sentiment, but committed to upholding the Republican régime...
...trifle vague. If instead of aiming blindly toward the elimination of war, this group of intellectuals, trained to manipulate the force of the written word, could supply the leadership and be the centralizing power for other loss natively qualified workers, the cumulative effect of the universal anti-war sentiment would be preserved instead of uselessly scattered. The accomplishment open to writers and editors are in this direction unlimited, but so far their power in potential rather than actual...