Word: profound
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...Orient. In a magazine article Fujio claimed that Korea bore some responsibility for Japan's deeply resented 1910-45 occupation of the peninsula and, moreover, that Japanese atrocities in Nanking during 1937 were acceptable in the context of military conflict. Having fired his top educator for such a profound national and ethnic offense, Nakasone appeared to have stepped into the same minefield. At week's end the Prime Minister backtracked completely, expressing a "heartfelt apology" through Ambassador Matsunaga, who read the statement on Capitol Hill. His words won a measure of forgiveness from Gray and Leland, thus perhaps defusing political...
...Tisch empire was built by buying good businesses at even better prices. Many Wall Street investors call themselves "value-oriented" and "contrarian," but those buzz words often translate into an investment philosophy no more profound than "Buy low, sell high." Larry Tisch is the real thing, earning his stripes over and over again...
Stimpson, who opened up the discussion in "Changing Gender Roles, Past and Present," called the introduction of women's studies in college curricula "one of the most profound intellectual revolutions in the last part of the 20th century...
...anemic growth rate put added pressure on Congress as it debated two initiatives that may have a profound impact on the economy: a sweeping reform of the tax system and a plan to reduce the $200 billion-plus federal budget deficit. Some lawmakers fear that tax reform, which may hike Government revenues in the short run, when combined with a federal spending cut could deaden an already weak economy. Said Representative Jack Brooks, a Texas Democrat: "We could be staring a raging recession right in the face...
...professional waters than he should try. To a politician, an actor was a lightweight, which may say something about the limited self-awareness of politicians. If they had thought more carefully or taken Reagan more seriously, they might have recognized that the actor's gift, applied to politics, has profound implications, some of them potentially sinister...