Word: profounder
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...more concerned with himself than the world around him. Ford wasn't a monster and he wasn't a hero; he provokes no more interest in himself than that he stewarded the country during Alf's life. The same with Buchanan. He might have had a more profound effect on the country's history than Ford, but he didn't provoke much interest in himself--the bulk of Alf's tale is about the people in Buchanan's life, including Russian czars and Nathanial Hawthorne...
...thing above all others -- leadership of clear purpose, candidly proclaimed -- Perot seems a welcome breath of fresh air. With the penetrating clarity common to the slightly deranged, and with an air of bustling purposiveness, Perot has about him a kind of gravitas that appears to transmute political banalities into profound insights. Hear his practiced homilies during the presidential debates, watch his chart-filled infomercials, and Perot's classic American optimism is instantly recognizable. Everything will be fine, he says, if we roll up our sleeves and get under the hood...
...challenge to corporate law is important. Corporate lawyers must devise constraints needed to temper the excesses of rampant capitalism, a task of profound public service. Corporate lawyers, for example, perform most of the pro bono work in this country...
...normally acknowledge leaks by citing "unnamed sources" or "officials who refused to be identified." The readers seldom consider the reason that this unnamed official consented to be interviewed. Government officials do not talk to the press off-the-record out of the goodness of their hearts or from a profound respect for the democratic process. Instead, officials leak information because it is in their interest to have a certain message broadcast by the media...
Recent polls have boosted spirits in Bush's Boston campaign headquarters, says Gray. "Polls have a profound effect on people. People are really energized by the numbers," he says. The campaign office will do its part to close the point spread between Clinton and Bush and then push their candidate "over the top," Gray says...