Word: profound
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...that Powell's gift best manifests itself in smaller, brocade-free dramas such as Hilary and Jackie. Powell's mod clothes never overwhelm the tale of the relationship between the impassioned cellist Jacqueline du Pre and her sister, but instead lend a keen visual intensity to the women's profound differences. As Jackie becomes increasingly famous--and depressed--her knits seem to get more blindingly pink and blue; Hilary, meanwhile, recedes into neutrals. The look stays with you--Powell's work, it seems, never fades to black...
TAILOR-MADE ASSIGNMENTS. The most profound way homework will change is that instead of everybody heading home with the same lesson, each student will sit down to an individual assignment, says Kevin O'Leary, president of educational-software giant the Learning Co. "If you thought of it conceptually as every child having a personal tutor, that's what we're aiming for." The school's server, or central computer, will maintain information on each student's progress and dole out the appropriate work when the child checks the Web page. At Pine Hill School in Sherborn, Mass., some teachers already...
...across this sort of profound reading of football every day. Ted inspired me to renew a lapsed relationship with the game, and eventually, as a favor to football, to cast about for an interpretive metaphysics. (Ted disavows the drivel that follows...
...then there was the multiple sclerosis. Hints of her affliction started with sporadic numbness and dizzy spells. At first doctors ascribed them to psychological troubles. Finally came the diagnosis of MS. As the condition ravaged her body and robbed her of the ability to play, it brought on profound personality imbalances that created tremendous friction in her family...
Elections are scheduled to take place May 17, with a runoff on June 1 if no candidate receives more than half the vote. Netanyahu expects his opponents to attack his credibility and trustworthiness, which aides acknowledge are his weak spots. Still, the profound mistrust that most of the chattering class has for Netanyahu may actually win him sympathy from disaffected immigrants, Orthodox Jews and blue-collar workers who resent the Establishment...