Word: profoundity
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...surprised at all,” Kincaid said of her mentee’s book deal. “She was one of my best students.” That’s profound praise considering that Kincaid, a former staff writer for the New Yorker who now teaches English as well as African and American Studies at Harvard, is herself an award-winning author...
That was more than three years ago. Their prayers have worked on my body. I am still here and very much alive. Now I am finding the courage to speak out about God and politics and their dangerous dance. George W. Bush, the man, is a person of profound faith and deep compassion for those who suffer. But President George W. Bush is a politician and is ultimately no different from any other politician, content to use religion for electoral gain more than for good works. Millions of Evangelicals may share Bush's faith, but they would protect themselves...
...surprised at all,” Kincaid said of her mentee’s book deal. “She was one of my best students.” That’s profound praise considering that Kincaid, a former staff writer for the New Yorker who now teaches English as well as African and American Studies at Harvard, is herself an award-winning author...
...Thursday’s “Boston’s Bernstein” concert was a tongue-in-cheek look at Leonard Bernstein’s youth, this past Saturday’s gala was a profound summary of Bernstein’s catalog.Sanders Theatre was all about Bernstein at the Gala Concert closing out the weekend’s festival in honor of the composer. The concert, entitled “Celebrating Bernstein,” featured Harvard’s finest musicians and performers, along with national talent, performing his diverse works for a full and enthusiastic...
...profound as the effects can be for the dying, fulfilled dreams can leave an equally poignant mark on the living. They can bring back a semblance of normal life, if only for a few hours or days, for family members who have spent months watching a loved one struggle with disease. For Mary Irvine, whose stepdaughter Candice, then 24, wished for a family cruise, the dream allowed her to see a glimmer of Candice as she used to be. "We snorkeled, we hiked up a god-awful hill to a lighthouse, we took ballroom-dancing lessons, we went...