Word: profound
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...efforts have generally gone down well among the blithe spirits of Key West. Without Singh, the Truman Annex might have become "Meldorado," a pirate theme park. But if islanders appreciate having a developer as sensitive as Pritam Singh, they are also worried that he is exerting a more profound influence on the island, as an apostle of good taste in a place long known for exuberant tackiness...
Joined by representatives from the Boston area's Black, Hispanic, Chin- ese and Southeast Asian communities, McCreedysaid volunteers working with newly-arrivedimmigrants face both profound challenges and greatrewards...
Granted, perestroika is crucially different in that it goes hand in hand with profound political change. Maybe the plane's engines can really be repaired in mid-flight, as the unreassuring metaphor has it. But it will be an arduous process, requiring much more than injections of cash...
...Bush Administration was made up of battle-scarred veterans with long memories. They were acutely aware that every President since the end of World War II had learned the hard way the domestic political perils of underestimating the Soviet capacity for producing unpleasant surprises and overestimating the possibility of profound, permanent improvement in U.S.-Soviet relations...
...Prominently displayed in Chicago last week stood three 40-ft.-long containers loaded with food and medicine bound for Gdansk, Krakow and Warsaw. The desperately needed cartons of flour, baby food, pasta, antibiotics, surgical gloves and hospital linens are manifestations of one of the most profound changes brought about by Poland's dramatic opening to the West. A Polish government is at last receiving the enthusiastic support and recognition of "Polonia," as Poles who have left their homeland refer to the colonies they have established in other countries. In the week that brought Lech Walesa to the Windy City...