Word: sentimentalized
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...explosion did more than just remind us that terrorism happens. In a nation that has entertained and appalled itself for years with hot talk on the radio and the campaign trail, the inflamed rhetoric of the '90s is suddenly an unindicted co-conspirator in the blast. As for antigovernment sentiment, so long as Americans are fretful about Washington-for that matter, so long as Americans are Americans-it won't go away. How it's expressed, however, is now subject to reconsideration. Then there's the gun lobby, which only a few weeks ago was basking in its renewed clout...
...Contract with America's effect onAsian-Americans and immigrants is terrible," saidPham, who credited the origins of the bill toanti-immigrant sentiment...
...Sentiment against newcomers is not justlimited to conservative Republicans or racistgroups. It's a widespread problem, and we mustexpend our energy on the root cause of theproblem," he said...
...dangers of comparing AIDS to a plague. Now, eight years later, Anthony Clarvoe resurrects the analogy and examines The Great Plague in 17th century London. The play's aim, as the narrator explains, is to be of use "if this should ever happen again." From this smug sentiment, the work literally regresses until everyone is sick or dead. This undercuts the play's snappy direction, talented cast and high-profile venue. Hardly prescriptive or inspirational, The Living is monumentally existential...
...permitted--it's really a grownup form. It needs smart dialogue and plausibly eccentric characters (Michael Rispoli contributes a beaut to this one, as an inappropriate suitor to Lucy, and such worthy veterans as Jack Warden and Glynis Johns give good comic weight too). Above all, it requires honorable sentiment--not to be confused with dishonest sentimentality...