Word: sentimentals
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...paper the changes are minor, such as allowing more people-to-people contacts. But at the State Department, in the business community and even in Congress, sentiment is growing to abandon the 40-year-old embargo that has failed to dislodge Castro. Farmers, businessmen and tourists are clamoring for greater access to the island, as other countries usurp a natural U.S. market. In a TIME/CNN poll last week, 53% of Americans surveyed said the U.S. should open diplomatic relations with Cuba...
...factories while the fat cats leaned back and watched their money grow. Orson Welles (Angus MacFadyen) directed the musical under the aegis of the Federal Theater Project, a government initiative intended to provide work and keep culture going in rough times. But anything approaching Blitzstein's socialist sentiment wasn't welcome as the Red Scare heated up and suspicious eyes turned to the nation's artistic community in order to find a culprit for the spreading virus. Rather famously, Welles' production was shut down on opening night, marking the only time that federal troops were called in to squelch...
...which serves to justify the anti-white attitudes held by Hatsue's mother (Ako) and many of the other Japanese. When Ishmael's father (Sam Shepard) prints an editorial denouncing the internment camps, virtually the entire white community turns against him in a fury of anti-Japanese sentiment. And, in the midst of the hatred, Ishmael hopes in vain that his relationship with Hatsue will survive...
...effort to bring affordable drugs to the developing world. While some kind of compromise will probably be reached between the diplomats and drug companies, says Dowell, it's unclear what the terms will be. As the pharmaceutical firms know, profit can inspire robust defense - but fierce public sentiment could buoy the U.N. position, clearing the way for more accessible AIDS therapy in the countries where the need is so great...
...Many people feel this is such a monumental problem it surpasses market issues," says Dowell. Stay tuned to see if the U.N. can convince the drug companies to buy into that distinctly non-capitalist sentiment...