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Word: profounder (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...must rely entirely on himself, his science, etc. to improve his lot. I am inclined to think that way myself. But I think we have much to learn from the traditional Christian view of man and his destiny, and I now wonder whether it may not be more profound than the liberal humanism I've learned from my parents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Wise Guy's Christianity | 11/4/1957 | See Source »

...continued that "I do not regard the recent launching of the Soviet space satellite as important. It has no profound military or scientific significance...

Author: By Alan H. Grossman, | Title: Nye Bevan Declares World Near Disaster | 11/2/1957 | See Source »

...profound economic and political significance of this runaway human inflation is that the two-thirds of mankind who live in the world's underdeveloped countries are now multiplying twice as fast as in industrialized societies. To support the extra population these countries are least able to afford, they are forced to consume less and produce more, and are falling ever lower in living standards. Said Dr. A. Eugene Staley, Stanford Research Institute's senior international economist: "Despite all the vaunted technological and economic progress of modern times, there are probably more poverty-stricken people in the world today...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Capitalist Challenge: THE POPULATION EXPLOSION | 10/28/1957 | See Source »

...Portraitist Gilbert Stuart had failed to capture his wife's elusive beauty, the artist flushed and grated: "What damned business is this of a portrait painter? You bring him a potato and expect he will paint a peach!" Then the romantic spirit of the 19th century added its profound effect. Toward the end of that century, Albert Pinkham Ryder remarked that an artist "should strive to express his thought and not the surface of it. What avails a storm cloud accurate in form and color if the storm is not therein?" Extending that subjective spirit, Arthur Dove was painting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Recognition of a Heritage | 10/28/1957 | See Source »

Portfolio distinguishes itself considerably by the direct, conscientious approach of all its selections, leaving attempts at ultra-modernity, super-sophistication and profound obscurity to other publications. John Von Rodenbeck's whimsical study of the victorious Nelson at Trafalgar, Anne Lord's charming sketch of Horses in a Field and Betsy Borden's Elm Tree in Spring demonstrate perhaps most lucidly this admirable use of poetic simplicity...

Author: By Paul W. Schwartz, | Title: Portfolio | 10/22/1957 | See Source »

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