Word: profound
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...ones of the protection of national security interests now lies in the court of the government, not in that of the press. If the government reverses its policy and makes a profound effort to cooperate with the press, then, and only then, can the government expect the country to respond with trust. But the government has broken that trust and placed the press in a position of conducting an all-out war to accurately inform the country. It is up to the administration, through careful cooperation with the press to keep national security interests intact. Otherwise, the best...
...sentence. Sam epitomizes Fugard's profound irony: Master Harold, insecure and ashamed of his situation, is pitied by his Black servant, who in turn, despite his position, retains pride and human dignity...
...correspondent for the Cuban news service Prensa Latina. Seaga charged that the correspondent had participated with four Soviet diplomats in a plot to assassinate a Jamaican Foreign Ministry official. The Soviets were also thrown out. Even Manley was less than vehement in opposing the invasion of Grenada. He expressed "profound sharing of concern about the brutality of what has been happening," an apparent reference to Bishop's murder...
...subject of persistent study. It is said that more books have been written about him than anyone else in history, save his own master, Jesus Christ. The renaissance in Luther scholarship surrounding this year's anniversary serves as a reminder that his impact on modern life is profound, even for those who know little about the doctrinal feuds that brought him unsought fame. From the distance of half a millennium, the man who, as Historian Hans Hillerbrand of Southern Methodist University in Dallas says, brought Christianity from lofty theological dogma to a clearer and more personal belief is still...
Beyond his importance as a religious leader, Luther had a profound effect on Western culture. He is, paradoxically, the last medieval man and the first modern one, a political conservative and a spiritual revolutionary. His impact is most marked, of course, in Germany, where he laid the cultural foundations for what later became a united German nation. When Luther attacked the indulgence business in 1517, he was not only the most popular teacher at Wittenberg but also vicar provincial in charge of eleven houses of the Hermits of St. Augustine. He was brilliant, tireless and a judicious administrator, though given...