Word: profoundly
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...Draconian step, with profound, probably unforeseen, implications for the nation's educational system; many academic leaders expected the Johnson Administration to soften it. Last week, however, the Administration not only reaffirmed the no-deferment rule for graduate students (those already in their second year or beyond would not be affected), but also wiped out automatic occupational exemptions for some 340,000 professional men in such areas as teaching and various technical services...
...change society. Although frequently engaged in politics-he was the Prohibition candidate for Governor of Ohio in 1912 and four decades later ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Philadelphia as a Republican-Poling fought all his life to preserve the separation of church and state. Above all, he had a profound yet simple faith in God, the words of the Bible, and Jesus, whose biography, he said, could be summed up in five words: "He went about doing good...
...Great Society. Last week, Gardner, 55, resigned, in a fundamental rupture with the President over the programs whose once-bright hope had lured him to Washington in the first place. For the President, his departure was perhaps the most damaging blow yet to the withering vision of profound, creative social change...
Catharsis School. Such shreds of research are useful, but they reveal little of the overall impact of TV on Video Boy's attitudes and behavior. The effect may be profound. Allan Leitman of Boston's Educational Development Center warns that TV is creating a generation of spectators. "Kids come into school today," he explains, "and they wait for people to tell them things. Without handling frogs or flying a kite, they lead less of a life. We're moving along in a mold that will produce people I can't even imagine." Many parents, shuddering...
...Committee on Educational Policy makes recommendations regarding matters of academic concern. These issues directly affect both students and faculty. They have profound effect in terms of defining the academic reputation of the college. In addition, whereas decisions affecting House life could be easily reversed under the above plan, mistakes in the academic category are often harder to rescind, since they may have involved the hiring of more instructors, for example. Students should compose about 33 per cent of this committee, although this could vary widely according to the issues being considered...