Word: profounder
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...itself; since Toy Story, Pixar has rightfully earned the attention and respect of serious film critics, appealing to thumbs-uppers and thumbsuckers alike. The studio’s well-crafted canon, which also includes Monsters, Inc. and last year’s instant classic Finding Nemo, has had a profound influence on the world of animated film, pushing traditional two-dimensional animation into commercial obsolescence...
...most important cases this year are Roper v. Simmons and Johnson v. California. The first involves the highly controversial issue of juvenile execution, and thus American standards of decency in the criminal system; the second considers the legitimacy of racial segregation in prisons. Both have the potential to set profound precedents likely to have ramifications for policy at home and perceptions abroad, yet neither has garnered the attention it deserves...
What Bush calls “resolve” actually amounts to a resolute unwillingness to reconsider the preconceptions he brought to the presidency in the face of new and profound threats. After four years, it has become all too clear that Bush’s lack of curiosity extends even to national security. In that realm, his foibles have become a liability this country cannot afford...
...lobe that orients the individual in time and space. Take it off-line, and the boundaries of the self fall away, creating the feeling of being at one with the universe. Combine that with what's going on in the other two lobes, and you can put together a profound religious experience...
...direction, says Shahristani, and the ayatullah felt compelled by religious duty to step in. "He believes at a crisis time like this, the marja must guide the people," says al-Qurayshi. So the cleric who had shied away from politics all his life began to issue fatwas of profound political importance...