Word: sentimentals
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...Islamic invasions and partioning of the subcontinent in 1947 - in other words, a chance to reopen old wounds. For Muslims, the mosque was an ugly wreck, but it was a touchstone of the secular policy of postindependence India: Would the politicians treat them with respect, or succumb to Hindu sentiment to hold onto or gain political power...
...Wall Street may be taking consumers - two-thirds of the economy - for granted. Unemployment is still high enough to dent consumer sentiment (which dipped in February, incidentally, for the first time in five months) and it'll probably keep going up until the recovery really is here. Will those with jobs be able to stay optimistic that they'll keep theirs? Have enough of the laid-off been coasting on severance packages to keep spending as if they had jobs? Does anybody have any more room left on their credit card...
...terrorism has put relations with Saudi Arabia under a critical spotlight, to the chagrin of the traditionally pro-U.S. royal family. But the alliance between the House of Saud and Washington was under strain long before September 11, because of mounting anti-American sentiment among many ordinary Saudis. And no single issue ignites their anger more than the perception that the U.S. has sided with Israel in a war against the Palestinians. The Saudis have privately chided the Bush administration's disengagement from an active peace-brokering role. They fear that the deteriorating situation in the West Bank...
...hostility was not fueled by hate as much as ignorance. Some of the remarks I heard irked me because of their silliness: “Their demonstration is so stupid—it’s just a ploy to appeal to human sentiment.” Other comments bothered me because of their flagrant inaccuracy. I joined the demonstrators in trying to dispel some of these myths. No—nobody here supports suicide bombings. No—Palestinian territory was not a barren desert wasteland before Israel conquered it in 1967. No—the Palestinian cause...
...Such a sentiment is not just the position of the athletes...