Word: profounder
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Commission, which, the Journal implied, is considering both civil and criminal proceedings in the matter. Meanwhile, an embarrassed Otis Chandler can only ponder the cruelties of misplaced friendship. "Jack called me a couple of times after the trouble started," Chandler told TIME. "He was in tears telling me his profound regret. He tried to apologize. I didn't accept...
What is really perverse in Fiedler's book is that Shakespeare should be its target. Of all playwrights, it is Shakespeare who healingly knits man and woman, Jew and Gentile, white and black, together in a bright, profound and moving vision of our common humanity. His spirit is as generous as the sea. Perhaps it is this spirit that is Fiedler's "stranger...
...decision to drop Eagleton raised deep questions about McGovern's leadership abilities. Yet the dilemma was a profound one in which the poignant personal considerations of both men collided with the brutal demand that public and party welfare come first. There was no way for McGovern to look good. His critics could contend that he put expediency above the anti-professional political idealism that his candidacy had seemed to espouse. Arguments will undoubtedly continue over whether his stature would have grown or diminished if he had never wavered in his support of Eagleton, fought out the health issue...
...years have Britain's usually fractionated workingmen been united in such a mood of disillusionment and defiance. The new mood promises to have profound impact on Britain's labor leaders (who are frequently ignored), on the country's entry into the Common Market (which is feared) and on the political system (which is deeply distrusted). The burst of labor outrage that followed the recent jailing of the "Pentonville Five" dockers on contempt-of-court charges was primarily aimed at Ted Heath's Tories, but the opposition Labor Party has not been immune. "As for the House...
There was some feeling that such criticism was unfair, that mental illness should be regarded like any other illness and not held against a man once he is cured. The matter raised profound questions about what America expects of its public men-and of itself-and how it defines strength or weakness...