Word: profound
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...work, Ms. editor Ruth Sullivan says, "will have a profound effect on the way people think about women for years to come...
Jerome Kagan, professor of developmental psychology, says that "many books have been written about the psychology of sex differences, but the majority haven't been deep or profound. Carol is one of the few people who has written an insightful book on the subject." But McClelland says that while Gilligan's work has received acclaim in the academic community she has "quite a way to go to develop empirical backing for the female perspective she describes...
...This profound struggle for the party's soul was on display last week in Dallas. A group of young Turk conservatives led by Congressmen Jack Kemp of New York and Newt Gingrich of Georgia took control of the party platform committee and installed some of the rightists' favorite planks. Even such respected G.O.P. Senate leaders as Robert Dole of Kansas and Howard Baker of Tennessee were shoved to the side and largely ignored. The two camps sniped at each other in interviews during the convention week, challenging each other's views of the party's future...
...Calif. Appearing with the Beatles on British TV in 1965, she was acknowledged by them as a major innovative force in rock 'n' roll. Her death came only three weeks after that of Willie Mae ("Big Mama") Thornton, a rip-roaring blues shouter who also had a profound influence on white singers...
Murmurs of Italian, English, French and German rose from the audience, filling the faint empty echo left by the absent Soviets, Hungarians, Poles and Bulgarians. Roars, shouts and groans were punctuated by the supplications, gestures of profound disbelief and uniquely affecting howls of "Aaaoowww!" from the fencers. "The players always assume their roles," explained Robert Blum, a New York lawyer who fenced on two Olympic teams. "As with all sports, fencing is a mode of communication. The fencers are telling us something about themselves." As Mathias Gey of West Germany was eliminated, he sank to his knees, crouched in defeat...