Word: profound
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...movie opens with the lines "For how many years did we gaze into the night sky, wondering 'Are we indeed alone? Is man nothing more than an accident in the Universe, an orphan race lost forever in the void of space?'" This movie hardly seems capable of answering such profound questions. It is too stereotypical and too simplistic to address effectively these philosophical perplexities. The few hours go by pleasantly enough, and there are some suspenseful moments that will keep you on the edge of your seat, but don't expect anything like...
...have been stopped more quickly had the Kuwaiti plane been resting on an airstrip at Charles de Gaulle or Heathrow. But the feeling of impotence when faced with hijackings and similar acts is inherent to terrorism, no matter where or when it occurs. Those with a rational outlook and profound concern for human life will always be at a disadvantage when forced to bargain with those whose political or religious fanaticism has supplanted a similar taste for decency. In this respect, President Reagan was no better prepared to meet the terrorist challenge in Iran than his predecessor was five years...
...Solidarity or former Union Leader Lech Walesa. Still, the general admitted that if he could do everything over again, "tactically, many decisions could have been carried out with greater accuracy." Said Jaruzelski: "There has never been a case where the forces leading a country have engaged in such profound self-criticism...
...ethics. But Gregory Pence, who teaches ethics at the University of Alabama Medical School, offers a warning: "Medical costs are uncontrollable because we lack moral 'agreement about how to deny medical services. Deciding how to say 'no,' and to say it with honesty and integrity, is perhaps the most profound, most difficult moral question our society will face in coming years. But face it we must, for the alternative is disastrous...
...race. Sure, the President mumbled something about how well he did with Sandra Day O'Connor and Mondale occasionally warned against the perils of Reagan court, but next to the obvious and immediate issues of budgets and bombs the Court received watcher put it. "For one of the most profound issues of the campaign, it hasn't been treated very profoundly...