Word: profound
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...military and medicine—received barely passing grades, with respondents expressing only “moderate” confidence. David R. Gergen, the Center for Public Leadership’s director, said he found the results disturbing. “There’s something more profound here than unhappiness with the president and the war in Iraq,” said Gergen, a former advisor to the Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and Clinton administrations. “It speaks to a generalized anxiety among Americans as they face a growing agenda of problems and very little progress in overcoming...
...damage to its reputation that Shell suffered because of its troubles a few years ago in the Niger delta, of all unlikely places, he says, "Nobody can hide." But Kathy Bloomgarden, CEO of New York City-based public relations consultancy Ruder-Finn, says few companies have yet acknowledged this "profound change in our society...
...tale of Clive Wearing, an English musician stricken in 1985 with a post-brain-infection amnesia so devastating that from one minute to the next he does not know who, where or what he is. At 69, just two things are unscathed in his inner life: a profound love for his wife and the ability to sing or play on the piano any piece of music set in front of him. Sacks describes Wearing's music as a rope let down from heaven: "Without performance, the thread is broken, and he is thrown back once again into the abyss...
...have to live here, I sincerely doubt that it could ever be home. If I am to be true to myself, I’ll need state-funded healthcare, official bilingualism, and curling to survive.I didn’t come to that realization flushed with patriotism, however, but with profound insecurity. Being an unapologetic Canadian at an American university means setting oneself up for a painful break-up at the end of four years. By heading for home, one kisses one’s classmates, nascent New Yorkers all, goodbye. Even more difficult is abruptly ending a four-year long...
...like a princess s’posed to get.” And if Spears hadn’t made it clear yet, she describes herself as a “living legend” on “Hot as Ice.” While not terribly profound, the album is a refreshing return to the dance genre at which Spears has always excelled. “Why Should I Be Sad” is the album’s last—and most emotionally revealing—track. It’s slower, it?...