Word: profound
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...real problem lies well beyond this. The question of whether or not the generally educated Conantman could ever make any very profound judgement on the merits of this or that scientific program on purely scientific grounds, must at present be answered negatively. It seems likely that there will be a continuing need for the Killian-type scientific advisor at all levels, and such suggestions as the Committee's, urging the use of calculus in Nat. Sci., do not and cannot go very far towards alleviating this situation...
...Skiing down a dangerous slope at Aspen with two experienced skiers one morning, the two brothers-in-law were trapped when a huge avalanche cut loose above them. Cushing was buried to his neck. Alexander McFadden died under tons of snow. The death of his closest friend was a profound shock to Cushing, still reduces him to sobs whenever he tells the story...
Zhivago is a novel by a poet, and as such is at once too great and too restricted for its literary form. It is apolitical, and, ironically, a political shillelagh inveighed by both sides in the Cold War. It alternates between axes of profound beauty and profound confusion. It is not quite Dostoyevsky or Tolstoy, but its intellectual vitality and respect for human dignity make it tower above anything else around these days...
...delivering numerous certificates without formulating doubts or nuances, based solely on black-and-white pictures." Cordovado, tried in absentia, was sentenced to one year. In effect, the art experts had been held legally responsible for carelessness. Said France-Soir: "Professor Réau's condemnation has caused a profound stupor in university and artistic milieus." Réau professed himself "profoundly troubled...
...more work on it, the book might have been his most significant, for Cary knew that an offbeat life can sometimes distill significant truths. And in comparing the validity of conflicting approaches to God, Author Cary, before death ended his search, was perhaps looking for the most profound truth...