Word: profoundity
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...flow of history, there is sometimes a tide that can sweep in the most profound changes. The people of Eastern Europe sense just such a tide washing over them now, a political swell that has already propelled Solidarity to power in Poland, transformed Communism to socialism in Hungary and punched through the Wall in Berlin. Last week the irresistible tide reached Bulgaria and even pounded at the entrenched Communist regime in Czechoslovakia. Men and women across the full breadth of the East bloc were attempting to catch the wave, aware that it must be done before a historic opportunity...
...really fun part. Tell insecure Yalies you now regret your decision to turn down Yale for Harvard, subtlely emphasizing that you got into Yale. You have now penetrated the realm of their most profound insecurity--that Yale is a school of Harvard rejects. Proceed carefully but surely...
...often flags, while indulgence in alcohol or drugs deepens. People may be jumpy and their tempers short. In the first seven months after the Mount St. Helens blowup, reports of domestic violence in Othello, Wash., increased 45%, and criminal arrests went up 22%, according to one study. The most profound impact is a new sense of vulnerability. Victims wonder when disaster will strike again and conjure up fresh calamities. "Disasters like earthquakes challenge a fundamental fantasy that we live with: that we're immortal," explains psychiatrist David Spiegel of Stanford University's School of Medicine...
When the earth cracks open to dismantle a city, then metaphysical questions come boiling up. What would Muir learn? What does the cataclysm have to teach? That the earth retains its genius for the wild surprise? Or that some profound principle of disorder and annihilating wrath has been set loose in the world...
This opponent has a slight problem with that proposition. A legacy implies a historical perspective. When he left office, Reagan was supposed to leave the limelight and enjoy profound conversations by his poolside in Bel Air. Historians could judge, and journalists could cover the new President...