Word: profounder
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...literature are summarized in an occasional lecture, the effect on the mind is that of a confused and unrelated mass of dates and names. Although it is advisable to show the relation between history, art, and literature, each deserves individual treatment which would be treated in a more profound manner...
Further resolved that the executive committee hereby expresses to the Harvard Club of Southern California, in behalf of all Harvard Clubs, its profound regret for the necessity of this recommendation and its appreciation of the hospitality offered by the Harvard Club of Southern California and its efforts so far made in preparation for this meeting
...Lord of the Admiralty Sir Bolton Meredith Eyres-Monsell, to the naval mutiny last fall (TIME, Sept. 28). "I know what a shock this incident was to the whole country," burbled Sir Bolton, "but I beg the House of Commons and the country to understand it was a most profound shock to the Royal Navy. The Navy realizes today that we no longer occupy the very high position in the hearts of our British public that for past centuries...
...burst and fell in a deflated mass. The witch by this time was a beautiful princess but the Erskine cow had no more inclination for weddings than Composer Gruenberg had had for projecting his score over or even on a level with the Erskine book. There being no profound emotions to express, Composer Gruenberg made no profound attempts. People who remembered the modernistic tendencies of his other works, his Jazz-Suite and Enchanted Isle, were surprised at the melodic simplicity of the Beanstalk score. Most of the music had the smooth, deft charm appropriate to a fairy tale. Only...
...love story of John Bray and Clarissa is no more than the thread which goes into the weaving of an American tapestry, a tapestry based on a firm mat of fact gleaned and connected by profound scholarly effort. The entire book would prove of valuable assistance to students of American history and expansion. In fact, it may well be taken as a jovial and sympathetic lecture on the social and intellectual history of the United States during the pre-War of 1812 period. At first the frequent use of obsolete words in conversation leads to a measure of resentment...