Word: profound
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...together. Zhivkov, 74, has been in power for 32 years and is the doyen of East European party bosses. He had incurred Gorbachev's displeasure earlier because of Bulgaria's faltering economy, but in his keynote speech he paid glowing tribute to the Soviet leader. Zhivkov stridently called for "profound change" in the economic system, such as linking wages to performance and conducting a "scientific and technological revolution." But the veteran Bulgarian leader offered little of substance that would suggest he had plans for bureaucratic reforms along the lines of those already accomplished by Gorbachev, let alone profound shifts...
...RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE" usually implies an epiphany of sorts, an experience profound and electric. At least so it was in the pastoral world before the Church and Billy Graham fused with MTV, but a modern, urban brush with religion--or rather, its proselytes--can be a queasy, exploitive experience. Twice this semester I've been spiritually solicited, and the encounters have left me feeling cynical and defensive...
...wave of collapsing oil prices might not have crested yet, but it is already having profound effects on U.S. consumers and businesses. The most immediate result is dramatic cuts in the prices of gasoline, heating oil and diesel fuel. When it comes to oil-based products, ranging from plastics to pesticides, the effect will be more gradual and unpredictable. And the saving in the energy-cost component of virtually every kind of manufactured goods will be even more subtle. Ultimately, though, the U.S. is headed for a sweeping shift in the way Americans spend their money, as dollars saved...
Since arguing with pitchers is no more sensible than arguing about them, let a hitter take his swing, a slugger with an eternally simple view of life (especially New York living), but a profound knowledge of athletic gifts (and the pleasures they afford). "If I could pick somebody to be," says Mickey Mantle, "that's who I'd be." He knows there is a wonderful ride ahead. "Dwight Gooden...
...this insight should require seven books is another mystery, at least for those who believe that readers are capable of arriving at non- comprehension on their own. Coles' distaste for ideas and intellectual analysis is profound and usually presented in his books along with the belief that truth will somehow radiate out of unexamined statements by children. Coles seems to think morality is the indefinable and unpredictable result of simply making decisions. A footnote says, "I can only get a bit mystical here, summon the notion of action as 'transcendence,' and, admittedly, risk murkiness and evasion." But why pass along...