Word: profound
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...other side of the world, Japan's war lords could watch these events with profound and somber interest. They might or might not reflect that less than six months ago Germany had still owned the strength to inflict cruel setbacks on her foes at the Roer and in the Ardennes forest. They might or might not see that some breaking point had been reached, after which the German catastrophe had gathered volume and speed like an Alpine avalanche. And they might or might not wonder when the breaking point would come for Japan...
...uninteresting") he also lacks the old man's choler. His private life also lacks the gaudy touch. "I guess I have never been young enough," he confesses, "to enjoy night clubs. I don't understand what goes on after 1 a.m.-but I doubt if anything very profound is said." A family man (he has been married twice), he does not smoke, seldom drinks, spends as much time as possible on his Doylestown, Pa. farm, where he grows wheat and alfalfa and raises Aberdeen-Angus cattle. His one eccentricity is that he writes standing up. But even that...
...merely a matter of Europeans v. Americans. Author Stewart shows clearly that when Congress and state legislatures took a hand in place-naming they usually gave free rein to the politician's love of rolling syllables (Maine is the only one-syllable state name in the Union). With profound respect for a great democrat, Congress named three tributaries of the Jefferson River Philosophy, Wisdom and Philanthropy - only to find the people of the region stubbornly continuing to call them what they always had: Willow Creek, Big Hole and Stinking Water...
...Chungking. Dawn poked through the chill Yangtze mist. Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek, ever an early riser, was at breakfast when an aide brought him the news. He left his food untasted, withdrew for meditation. Hours later he sent his thoughts to Mrs. Roosevelt: "I am deeply grieved. . . . The profound sorrow of the Chinese people . . . the deep sense of gratitude they bear for him. . . . His name will be a beacon of light to humanity...
...Admiral Kantaro Suzuki was quoted as saying, "I must admit that Roosevelt's leadership has been very effective and has been responsible for the Americans' advantageous position today. For that reason I can easily understand the great loss his passing means to the American people and my profound sympathy goes to them...