Word: profound
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...column about horse races, the New York Herald Tribune's Red Smith last week wrote: "Mr. Joe E. Lewis, who says comical things in nightclubs and bets on them at race tracks, is the author of a profound observation made after years of first-hand study. 'I have been rich and I have been poor,' Mr. Lewis says, 'and believe me, rich is better.' There are various ways of getting rich without help from the Federal Housing Administration...
...Glass of Milk. As the Premier strode to the rostrum, looking wan and harassed, barely two thirds of the Deputies were present. All Europe waited on their decision, yet there was little to be felt or seen of the profound sense of history that had reigned at the London Conference and shone in its decisions. A bored-looking, frock-coated usher placed the inevitable glass of milk at Mendès' right hand, and in a flat, disappointed voice, the Premier began to speak. Mendès was off form. His theme was essentially negative. Bidding for the support...
...story of Mary Hilton's last three weeks on earth and the price she pays for murder. It is a high price in accumulated terror. The emotions that British Novelist Joan Henry uncovers in her artful portrait of an ignorant but intelligent homicidal type are not profound, but intense...
There was a moment of profound silence, then a roll of thunderous applause. Chairman Mundt, who had always curbed such outbreaks, let the applause run its course as McCarthy stared in blank surprise. When the uproar had subsided, Joe Welch, face drained white, rose from the committee table, silently walked past McCarthy and out into a corridor where he stood alone, dabbing at his eyes with a handkerchief...
...stark, steel-ribbed structures seem as sterile-and ominous-as a steer's skeleton burned white in the desert sun. But Mies* is one of the most important architects of his time. Together with Walter Gropius, Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright, he has had a profound influence on cityscapes of the 20th century...