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...family is not touchy-feely. Handshakes are profound emotional gestures. But occasionally when I cooked popcorn late at night, I'd bring Grandma a small bowl. I think she appreciated it, even if it was burned...
...There appears to have been a profound erosion around the edges, and now, down the center of reading period," Gomes said, making reference to sections, lectures, and some exams being given after the formal end of classes...
...intelligence through the UFO phenomenon. It is easy to use the Heaven's Gate tragedy to debunk the entire range of phenomena associated with possible visitations, ignoring government cover-ups of reverse engineering and of radical new concepts in free-energy generation. We are in the midst of a profound scientific revolution, and the popular press needs to get beyond denial and become more open to these vexing questions. BRIAN O'LEARY Haiku, Hawaii
...Wells and the substance it imparted to his fantasies. Evil (and, for that matter, good) should be something more than a spectacular design conceit. After the nice and not-nice E.T.s wow us with their first striking appearances, they have an obligation to grip us in slightly more profound ways. Although the cast, led by Bruce Willis and Milla Jovovich, tries hard, they don't make a deep impression. "Like everyone and everything else in this movie, Willis runs hard and fast and with a certain style," notes Schickel. "But neither he nor his director can entirely disguise the fact...
...fellows at Harvard's Center For International Affairs. As part of the trip, I toured a nuclear attack submarine, an Arleigh Burke class destroyer and the Navy's newest carrier which was underway in the Atlantic. While I certainly enjoyed the excitement of the trip, it served a more profound purpose for me. It allowed me to reflect on the divergence between the military in action and the attitudes about our armed forces that predominate on campus...