Word: profoundly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Turin Fascist "political squadron." His name was not inscribed on the jail register, only his initials, "R. G.," and the laconic explanation: "For motives of public securitv." Presumably Fascist higher-ups are involved, and in such cases the "purging" (as it is called in Italy) is always accomplished in profound silence. The party, absolutely absolute, is maintained above suspicion, the culprits expelled, the guilty punished...
While doubtless fine equipment is a great attraction of American colleges, the universities of the Reich have much to offer other countries. Of profound significance is the "tough intellectual core" of German education which Dr. Flexner believes an antidote to the miscellaneous character of American curricula. Students there are trained in fundamentals and are steered away from any specialization which tends toward a vocation. Furthermore the acquirement of knowledge is a matter of self-discipline and individual responsibility to the German undergraduate rather than the too-frequent American custom of coaching from the dean's office...
...have experienced and feel a profound sadness for the Marines who perished in the last ambuscade of the Sandinistas. They fell in a land with which they were unfamiliar. Indeed, they were actually assassinated and did not succumb in a real and honest fight...
Pablo Picasso has had a profound influence on contemporary French Art, not only in the field of painting; but in the graphic arts, as a sculptor, and as a talented stage designer. He was born in Malaga in 1881, taking the name of his mother, who taught him the foundations of the painter's art. His earliest paintings, from 1901 to 1907, were of the symbolist school...
...until some endowment makes Dean Hanford's proposal feasible, good instruction can be encouraged in other ways. Most effective would be a policy of recognizing reaching ability as well as scholarly attainment in the promotion of a certain number of men. Most underclass courses need stimulating instructors rather than profound scholars. Certainly writing and research would not suffer too severely by the release of those teachers who can do their greatest work in the training of young men. Cornell Daily...