Word: profound
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...attack on affirmative action at Dartmouth. The Review claimed that affirmative action denigrates the value of a Dartmouth diploma, and that it is tantamount to racism. But this argument denies the existence of institutionally imposed barriers to minority achievement. It plays on latent racist sentiment, and it displays a profound insensitivity to the problems of minorities...
Nonetheless, there was no denying that U.S. manufacturers faced some profound hardships, most notably the strong dollar. Between 1981 and 1985, the greenback's value climbed more than 50% when measured against the currencies of major trading partners. That made U.S. products prohibitively expensive for foreigners, while imports became dramatically cheaper for American consumers...
...last two decades, people have begun to look to biology for answers to social and philosophical questions. This trust may be justified, but current popular biology books range from the enlightening and profound to the misleading and shallow. Rupert Sheldrake's The Presence of the Past falls near the latter end of this continuum...
...time, they all had sons who were nurtured in politics. History now has summoned the sons to the struggle for the presidency, and there are echoes to be heard from long ago. The Super Tuesday performances of George Bush, Pat Robertson and Al Gore Jr. will have a profound effect on one another and, of course, the nation...
...time when there is a great deal of lamentation about the decline in writing skills among American children, the program seems to be a beacon of hope. "Children who respond to this write in a profound way," observes Miriam Kronish, the principal at Hillside. Best of all, "it's fun," says a Hillside fifth-grader and budding poet, Elizabeth Stone. "You can write what you want," she points out, and unlike too many other assignments, "you understand what you are writing about...