Word: profound
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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They are nearly identical in ways more profound than toothy smiles and thinning hair. Each has an infant daughter and a desire to get back to the Cascades. "The travel is no longer so enjoyable," said Phil, "and the circuit is no place to raise a family. I'll take the summer off and see how I feel after that. But next year I might just pick and choose my races...
...letter to President Reagan, Allan M. Maxam of the Medical School's Dana Farber Cancer Institute explained that the films "are about destructive agents-hydrogen bombs and acidic rain-that could kill trillions of living organism. We assert that the Canadian films are statements of this profound concern and as such can not be propaganda...
...seen and not heard. On the Brinkley show, which is the best of its kind, the panelists are well-informed, articulate sometimes to the point of glibness, assured sometimes to the point of effrontery. When put into print, their shooting from the lip often seems less than profound, but on television who worries...
...apartheid themes in their work. In artistic terms, after all, it's a safe bet. The writer knows very well where he stands, what his task is--he can count on the audience to react predictably. Readers and viewers, too, are attracted to the theme: they can feel the profound emotions of injustice and compassion without too much effort. There is an almost conditioned response involved...
...From Mexico to the islands of southern Chile and Argentina, there is a burst of literary energy reminiscent of the age of Gogol, Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy. Great differences exist between the writers of 19th century Russia and 20th century Latin America, but so do profound similarities. Both groups have had to face provincialism, political suppression and foreign influences that threatened to drown out their native voices...