Word: profounder
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...remark was typical of what was to follow, for Mr. Martin's humor was not only subtler than Mr. MacArthurs, but it was also more sarcastic and more plentiful. Indeed, Mr. Martin rarely got around to saying anything profound, although this may have been because lack of time forced him to cut short. He was, nevertheless, very clever with language...
...that began at the same time was not so easily braked. The intellectuals have continued to rebel at Communism's strictures, and this collection of essays and short stories is a gauge of how far they have carried their new independence. The best of these writings are quite profound probings of the human soul; the weakest are a far cry from political hack work...
...speak from a family-ingrained conviction whose roots are deep indeed. It is for this reason that I have felt entirely free to speak most critically of those who pay elaborate homage to the civil rights cause at election time, but are found wanting in the courage, the profound and true belief, that must back promises with action." Later, at his press conference, President Kennedy repudiated Bailey's charge, saying: "I've never seen any evidence that Mr. Rockefeller is prejudiced in any way toward any racial group." Rockefeller definitely does not believe that Kennedy is a cinch...
...reason is that square dancing is a friendly way of meeting friendly people. Said George Norton, president of the Northern California Square Dancers Association (103 clubs, 11,000 members): "Just watch how those people come into contact with one another and smile. These aren't profound friendships, but they're easy ones to make and wonderful ones to enjoy." Consequently, square dancers tend to be middle-aged couples in the kind of jobs that include little social life...
...heard quite as written: De Koven has an unsettling habit of cutting slow passages on the ground that "the fast ones are far more interesting." He is also a confirmed believer that "you don't have to be an intellectual to appreciate music. Who wants music to be profound?" De Koven's prejudices, in fact, are frequently more entertaining than his programs. "I attend no concerts," says he. "I consider them an anachronism like opera. Concerts are primarily mutual exhibitionism on the part of both performer and audience." He hates professional musicians "because professional musicians -professionals, not amateurs...