Word: profounder
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...invalid to criticize the mores of any one culture no matter how wrong they may seem," and of employing "lazy intellectual arguments" to avoid the fact that universal truths exist. This conflation of "moral relativism" with the conceptualization of knowledge as composed of multiple perspectives illustrates a profound misunderstanding of comparative race and ethnic studies as a rigorous intellectual pursuit...
...exposed frontal lobes. The Zeitgeistiest programs, however, tap into a pop persecution mania. Consider this: the U.S. stands unchallenged as a world power, is not at war, enjoys a high standard of living and has relatively stable rates of interest and unemployment; yet polls continue to show a profound malaise. People feel crushed by government, abused by corporate employers, baffled by computers. "Technology is moving fast-forward," says Carter, "and we rarely get a chance to understand the implications. Most of us can't program our VCR. We have the tools of science in our hands, and we're afraid...
...that water resources are limited. Nonetheless developers blindly rush to promote growth for growth's sake, with no recognition of human-caused depletion of precious resources. Instead of limiting growth, rationing water, conserving energy and living sustainably, modern society with its insatiable appetite gobbles and wastes resources. Humans have profound effects on the environment, yet too often such negative impacts are simplistically regarded as "acts of God" or "natural causes." JOHN D. LYLE Fairbanks, Alaska...
...race, at least, their 105-lb. cox Yaz, who also coxed the team at the '92 Olympics, when they took sixth, is left to sort through the egos as best she can, barking into her headset commands that the rowers receive via speakers mounted inside the boat, to the profound annoyance of the women wielding the oars. "I have to pace them, to see if they can handle it," says Farooq, 29. "Our team--hah!--they can handle...
There is no question of any profound issue of honor in suicide. Let those who may be considering the act recognize that suicide is the attempt to escape one's own pain, while the survivors--family and friends--are left to bob in the wake of the wreckage of a life that has gone off course. BARBARA OLDENBURG Fort Salonga, New York Via E-mail...