Word: profoundly
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...convention. To spur the American team on to its jingoistic, fist-pumping victory, Bush gave a pep talk in which he compared the brave golfers fighting to win a noisome corporate-infested sporting event to the brave men who fought to save the Alamo--the use of the profound in service of the mundane...
...Demography is political destiny in this country," said Hernandez, former director of the Hispanic Outreach Democratic National Committee. "Projected growth of the Latino population has profound implications over the next quarter century...
...number could double in 1999. The U.S. economy is so enormous that we are just beginning to see the effects of the Internet--lower inflation, more productivity, faster growth and a boom longer than anyone had expected, just a few months shy of being the longest in U.S. history. Profound as these effects are, they are only a foretaste of what could change the economy, and the way business is conducted, almost beyond recognition...
...behind those impressive numbers lies a social revolution more profound than any ever seen in the Western world. Hundreds of millions of people once anchored by the certainties of guaranteed jobs and social services for life are now being cast adrift to fend for themselves in the turbulent waters of the market economy. "By closing down thousands of state enterprises that were losing money, China is creating unemployment on a scale never seen before anywhere in the world," says TIME correspondent William Dowell. "That creates an enormous threat of social instability, which makes the government very insecure about its ability...
...Mary Reilly, Michael Collins, I Love Trouble, etc. etc. flop? Because she couldn't model different hairstyles. Notting Hill avoids such a deadly trap. Not only does she get to smile (and sometimes even to be funny!), she has a different hairstyle in every scene. A more profound observation is the interesting choice to let the actors keep their "public" personas--Julia, of course, is the most famous actress in the world and Hugh Grant the bumbling idiot we've come to love. The twist, of course, is that both actors add new dimensions to their characters, making the story...