Word: profound
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...today. At college, liberalism seeks to define people by their race, culture or sexual orientation. The emphasis is on our differences; the goal is their separation. A small boarding school like St. Paul's tries to act as a family, where differences are recognized, appreciated and applauded, but a profound sense of what we have in common overrides our differences. At St. Paul's, a student is subjected to the "St. Paul's experience" above and beyond a "black experience" or a "gay experience." I'm not claiming that those experiences don't exist, just that they are overshadowed...
This past year, the HBS installed an intranet--a network like the Internet, but limited to members of the HBS community--and students and faculty are feeling its profound affects on learning and research...
This came out while we were discussing the Cafe's profound understanding of breakfast. I had introduced that subject after Molly was kind enough to allow me a taste of what she'd ordered as a main course--a dish that I would associate with breakfast but the restaurant carries on the menu throughout the day as "Potatoes from Heaven...
That may be so, but many soldiers at Aberdeen expressed profound shame at the scandal swirling around them. Phillip Cook, 31, a drill sergeant with the 143rd's Bravo Company, says he saw fear in the eyes of his newest class of trainees, who arrived at Aberdeen on Nov. 9, just after the allegations made headlines around the country. "It took a lot of the power base away from my hat," he says, referring to the distinctive Smokey the Bear hat worn by training sergeants. "It used to be when they saw this hat, they knew that...
Mainstream Christians have long considered Genesis stories [RELIGION, Oct. 28] such as Adam and Eve to be allegories, designed to convey a vivid and profound truth, making questions as to whether the events in fact occurred irrelevant. If we want to know what God is like, we need only look to Christ. CHARLES A. GRICE Nashville, Tennessee...