Word: profound
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...Editor's note: Others disagree with this assessment pointing to the concentration of American capital in Key South African industries and at stone in addition that American withdrawal would have a profound psychological at effect from the apartheid state...
...Editor's note: Others disagree with this assessment, pointing to the concentration of American capital in key South African industries and arguing, in addition, that American withdrawal would have a profound psychological effect on the apartheid state...
...than auto accidents, rapes or muggings. What is new is that in the U.S. wife beating is no longer widely accepted as an inevitable and private matter. The change in attitude, while far from complete, has come about in the past ten to 15 years as part of the profound transformation of ideas about the roles and rights of women in society. In cities and states scattered across the country, legal structures and social service networks, prompted by grass-roots women's organizations, have begun to redefine spouse abuse as a violation of the victim's civil rights...
...border to offer neighborly greetings to López Portillo's successor, Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado. But when the President traveled to Mexico for a return visit with De la Madrid last week, all of that good will was put to the test. The reason: profound disagreement between the U.S. and Mexico over how to handle the crisis in Central America...
...route, Rossner tosses off a number of saline one-liners ("Women looked at a gray-haired man and saw Father; men looked at a gray-haired woman and ran from death"). But August has two profound flaws. The narrative, which starts out like a detective story, is a tease: Dawn never arrives at a stunning moment of self-realization; instead, the treatment just winds down haphazardly and stops. Worse, Rossner cannot seem to decide what kind of book she is writing. At moments she appears to strive for the heartfelt tone of Judith Guest in Ordinary People; a few sentences...