Word: sentiments
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that sentiment is just what Congress ruled in 1986, when former U.S. Rep. Claude D. Pepper (D-Fla.) sponsored a bill that forbids age discrimination in employment practices. At that time, universities were given six years exemption from...
...miscues, the immediacy of television coverage has continued to overshadow the efforts of daily print journalism. But newspapers are catching up, running important pieces of reporting and analysis, like a story in the New York Times revealing that pro-Saddam sentiment is growing in Egypt. Times executive editor Max Frankel maintains that the major unexplored story of the war lies inside Iraq: "That's the heart of the war, not some Scud missile landing on a correspondent's hotel roof...
Almost certainly, Saddam hoped for a reprise of the Vietnam War. Back then, the constant parading of broken U.S. captives before the TV cameras dampened American morale and helped turn public sentiment against the war. What Saddam has apparently failed to grasp is that unlike the shaky policy that maintained the U.S. presence in Vietnam, Bush's goals enjoy the support of the United Nations, a multinational force, Congress and a vast majority of Americans. Moreover, Saddam's blatant disregard for civilians -- his initial holding of unwilling Western "guests," the torture and killing of unarmed Kuwaitis, his ongoing Scud attacks...
...sentiment that giving will be harmed by the recession is also evident at Brown University, which will soon be launching a $400 million campaign...
...gulf states, sentiment in favor of Saddam is scarce. Complaints about the local rulers' opulence and corruption are endemic, but people still regard Saddam as a much greater threat to their well being than kings and emirs...