It was an image he relished, and until he was killed on Friday by government commandos, it was an image his enemies were happy to burnish, the perfect bogeyman for the profound problems of this country.
By breaching the 1994 ceasefire, President Ilham Aliyev may achieve his aim of distracting attention from the profound problems that exist in Azerbaijan, but he risks the creation of yet another war zone in a region that has already seen far too much bloodshed.
If a man like Barack Obama, so well-educated, so graceful, so intelligent, so charming, can be so reviled and denigrated on a daily basis in some parts of the country and in Congress (to the point that he can hardly do his job), you can no longer as a normal American ignore the profound problem of race in this country.
Aside from the profound problem of commending vicious acts, Anscombe also believed that consequentialism failed to capture, indeed, must fail to capture, crucial elements of moral psychology.
While previous DGAs consisted only of suggestions like eating more fruits, veggies and calcium-rich foods, they didn't address the profound problem of overall consumption rates.
The whole Gonski imbroglio underscores one of the most profound problems currently afflicting Australian politics: the too-easy resort to the fudge, the bald-faced chutzpah after the fudge, and the lack of institutional confidence in the clear prosecution of ideas.
Drug-resistant epilepsies still remain one of the most profound problems of contemporary epileptology.
At the same time, the author is commenting on some of the most profound problems facing modern medicine.
La Morgia and her colleagues, aware of the profound sleep problems often seen in Alzheimer's, wondered whether the cells may stop doing their job as the disease progresses.
"It became clear during today's debate in the House of Commons that the government has not thought through a number of profound problems in the bill raised by members of parliament during the debate.
