Word: profound
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...Only. This time he was a fashion designer who moves from comfortably gay to politically gay. Again he was matched with a firecracker actress (Christine Baranski), and again he gave a performance that located every laugh without strangling it. I thought the play was funny and poignant, halfway to profound, but the proposed move to Broadway never materialized. George did, though, when Mary and I and some friends greeted him after the final curtain. Vibrant on stage, he seemed a little more subdued now, but as always was congenial to old friends or new acquaintances. We figured George was bound...
Harvard is right to use the divestment tool cautiously. Because its divestment decisions are carefully considered, Harvard wields a profound influence over other institutional investors. The University’s divestment from PetroChina in 2005 sent ripples through the world of institutional investment; since then, 20 state pension funds and more than 50 university endowments have followed Harvard’s lead...
Rachel Smith, Miss USA, on her journalistic aspirations. Couric's spokesman said that if Smith "continues to offer such profound insight, she will not have to worry about anyone taking her seriously...
...oligarchy is in a profound crisis; it's in its final days," says sociologist Orlando Nunez, author of the briskly selling Oligarchy in Nicaragua...
...Alexander Supertramp and in 1992 walked off into the Alaskan wilderness. He died there of starvation 16 weeks after he arrived. What was he looking for? Penn and Vedder--who are a lot funnier than they get credit for--talked to TIME'S LEV GROSSMAN about this and other profound questions, like how you keep a huge grizzly bear happy on a movie...