Word: profound
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...program is a profound cultural awakening for Ukrainian Americans, who account for 70 percent of the summer program's enrollment, say faculty and students...
...favors neither young Joe Hardy nor old Joe Boyd as much as Mr. Applegate. He claims no athletic laurels. "I was the kid in high school who carried water and kept score." But his particular affection for "the fundamental grid, the geometric beauty of baseball" has always been profound. "My first glove was one left behind by an American soldier in Italy." Giamatti's father Valentine was there on sabbatical from the languages department at Mount Holyoke College. Though Italian enough to feel possessive of DiMaggio ("Yes, both of them; all three of them, as a matter of fact"), "Bart...
...despite those faults, it's difficult to see how a movie as fun as Ferris Bueller's Day Off can possibly avoid becoming this summer's most popular comedy. Don't expect the movie to be profound, or for that matter, even realistic. But you can expect to laugh right through the surprising closing lines...
...fearing liability lawsuits if underage students were injured while intoxicated, and sensing heightened community scrutiny of college practices, Harvard embarked on a month-long policy review which ended with profound changes in the way the College deals with the age-old bacchanalian rights of passage...
Then there are sections. I like to think that I invented the phrase "winning section," back in sophomore year. You can win section by persuading the TA that you actually did the reading better than anyone else, or in a much more profound, meaningful way--by singlehandedly attacking the 15 other people and what they all think. I only won one section the cool way, in my sophomore history tutorial. But that...