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When did sentimental become a pejorative barb? I do not at all share the notion that a piece of music, or a poem, or a film that bypasses the brain and aims straight for the heart . . . should automatically be heaped with scorn. I think it is symptomatic of a sad and dangerous impoverishment of spirit.

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Bill Richardson
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: November 15
Baseball Player
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Former Governor Of New Mexico
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Pasadena
California
William Blaine Richardson III
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