Word: profound
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...often forgotten that democracy is an idea and that, like most great insights, it is not without paradox. One paradox is what to do with characters such as Socrates, who are vocal in their profound opposition to the democratic idea. Stone knows that the classic authors must be read, if only so that we can better refute them...
...said the questions from the audience, which included many community activists and educators, reflected the "profound discomfort that people of color have with the constitutional principles and theory in contrast to the applications and practice to people of color...
Slowed recovery has a profound impact when it comes to illness. With advancing years, bones take longer to knit, wounds to heal and infections to clear up. Ultimately, says Cassel, the difference is that a "healthy young person can lose a lung, a kidney and do fine. And so too an old person can be doing fine, but then he has a stroke, a heart attack, whatever. Because of the stress, it's much more likely that all the major organs will go one after the other...
...most Palestinians and some Israelis, such contentions represent a profound misreading. In their view, the riots were widely supported and spurred by a generation of Palestinian youth that has grown up under the occupation. These disaffected Palestinians are contemptuous of both the Israelis, who show no signs of ending their rule, and the P.L.O. leaders, who have been ineffectual in challenging it. "We have reached the point where we have nothing to lose," says Gaza Attorney Al Qudra. "It is not important whether we live or die if we do not have our rights...
Buried in the budget bill passed by Congress last week was a provision that will have a profound impact on U.S. business ties with South Africa. On Jan. 1, American firms will no longer be able to deduct taxes paid to the South African government from their U.S. tax bill. That will be a costly blow to the 163 U.S. companies, including Mobil and Union Carbide, that still operate in South Africa. Taxes will consume an estimated 72% of the money that U.S. firms earn in South Africa, vs. 57.5% before the new law. The rise is likely to speed...