Word: profound
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...differences between the two chief rivals for the presidency are pronounced and profound. At his own campaign rallies around the country, the Christian Democrats' Duarte stresses conciliation and optimism as the answer to El Salvador's bloody woes. If elected, Duarte promises to speed up the progress of Salvadoran land reform and begin negotiations that would bring members of the F.M.L.N. insurgency within the legitimate political process. Duarte has also vowed to rid El Salvador of human rights violations, which are among the worst in the hemisphere. He proposes to eliminate the country's 2,500-member...
Most teams reflect their coaches, but this one favors its owner. Davis is the only proprietor in the N.F.L. who does not feign piety, and he is one of just two (Cincinnati's Paul Brown is the other) whose understanding of the game is profound. A middle-age rock 'n' roller in a '50s hairdo and a black leather jacket, Davis casts a slim shadow, but it managed to cover elephantine Coach John Madden for ten years. After five seasons, including the championship year of 1980, current Head Coach Tom Flores remains a minor presence...
More likely, the dulling of voter interest and participation resulted directly from the endless stream of contests from January to June. Unlike the national election in Britain, which lasts only three weeks and generates profound voter excitement, the current American system lulls potential voters to sleep. If the World Series were to drag on for six months, interest in the outcome would probably wane...
...process of forgetting as a substitute for forgiving may occur most readily in societies with a high rate of change, of physical and social mobility. That could explain why Americans do not on the whole bear enduring grudges, and sometimes find it difficult to understand the profound and centuries-long hatreds that can grip, say, the Middle East, the Balkans or Northern Ireland...
...author seems to be asking: "Shall the meek inherit the earth?" Like any other profound allegory, Life and Times of Michael K leaves the question it poses unanswered. But the warning it sounds of Armageddon resonates with uncommon power...