Word: profound
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...hopeless or suicidal for months or years on end. (Thus, the argument that antidepressants eliminate great art is not only incredibly selfish—let others suffer so that I may look at paintings!— it is misinformed: even if suffering does enable the production of profound literature or heartrending symphonies, antidepressants do not by any means eliminate suffering...
...human being, dammit! My life has value!” Harmonically, “Twinkle” is one of the more bizarre cuts on the album, and it certainly doesn’t lend itself to easy listening. Yet its profound lyrics are typical. For most of the tracks, Badu successfully combines Motown, hip-hop, and electronica with confrontational songwriting to create an old school sound with a futuristic feel. Perhaps the synthesis of her artistic and political goals works best on “Master Teacher.” A simple hip-hop beat and her clear, soulful...
...change are all a candidate needs to lure ecstatic audiences into believing the new messiah has arrived. Obama's charisma obliterates the emptiness of his message. Too bad for Clinton. Her voice is too shrill, her laughter too loud and her tears too easy. Who cares about her profound knowledge, her long experience with Washington's maze and ways, and her useful insight into the Republicans' bag of tricks? Herman D'Hollander, Antwerp, Belgium...
...still hope for the worst effects of global warming to be avoided, if we can come together globally, and projects like Steger's can only help. But the truth is that for the Arctic, at least, the sheer momentum of greenhouse gas accumulation in the atmosphere means that profound climatic change is virtually unavoidable, no matter what we do. "Within a decade or less, it's going to be impossible to reach the North Pole," says Steger. "If we're not taking action immediately, we're running out of time." Man your computers - GlobalWarming101.com might give you a last glimpse...
...post-Patriot Act surveillance. But the impact of this too was lessened when one of the cast members, winding through the first row of seats, chose to make the notes for this review part of the performance by writing what must have been intended to be a resoundingly profound “Why?” in the margins of my notebook. I could have posed the same question right back...