Word: profound
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...wrong way. "After 14 long months," he said in his concession speech, "it's easy to get caught up in the distractions and the silliness and the tit for tat that consumes our politics, the bickering that none of us are immune to, and it trivializes the profound issues." What's wrong with that, you might ask? It's too abstract, too detached. Too often, Obama has seemed unwilling to get down in the muck and fight off the "distractions" that are crippling his campaign. Obviously, this is strategy - his appeal has been the promise of a politics of civility...
...also know the church's profound value as a receptacle of culture - and we cherish its quieter value as a place to ponder deeper questions than our inane media consider, and to mark life from baptism to burial. Perhaps most important, it's where and how Catholics receive the redemptive tonic of the Eucharist, a sacrament that so palpably but transcendentally expresses Christianity's faith that in the end, despite life's suffering, light always defeats darkness...
...price of a bare-bones economy ticket between Los Angeles and New York City on one of Virgin America's 149-seat A320s. The planes are new, and the leather seats are comfortable enough for sleeping, even in coach. There are power outlets at every seat. The most profound change, though, doesn't look like much of an improvement at first. Like many U.S. carriers, Virgin America charges for food in economy class. But flight attendants don't dole it out from a cart like gruel in the orphanage; a touchscreen at each seat lets passengers pick what they want...
...will involve a complete overhaul of the interior of each of the 12 houses while preserving their historically significant facades, and will be guided by a joint student-faculty committee. We applaud the University’s approval of this expensive but much-needed project, which will have a profound impact on the experience of Harvard’s students. These renovations have the potential to combat many of the largest deficiencies currently plaguing the student body. In particular, the University should focus on addressing the layout of bedrooms, structural updates, and social space. Living conditions stand to improve greatly...
...turned a page and paused, absorbed in a pencil sketch which he had executed as a youth on holiday by the Mediterranean sea. “That peasant girl,” he thought. “Her eyes expressed a sentiment at once so simple and so profound.” He was astonished at the skill with which his twenty-year-old self had rendered the play of light and shadow...