Word: crucial
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Secretary of State James Baker contended that the agreement should proceed unchanged. But the lack of a Defense Secretary to argue the Pentagon's side handicapped the pro-FSX forces. Covering the middle ground, Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbacher thought he could abide the deal as long as the most crucial U.S. design secrets were not given away...
While the main responsibility for minimizing contamination rests with the food industry, the Government has long played a crucial watchdog role. & Checking U.S. produce, meat, poultry and fish is an operation of mind-boggling -- critics say irrational -- complexity. Responsibility is parceled out among several agencies, and jurisdictions can overlap. The FDA checks fruits and vegetables as well as fish, the latter a task it shares with the Commerce Department. The Department of Agriculture handles meat and poultry at slaughterhouses and processing plants...
Schwartz seems surprised that her article provoked a storm of criticism. Says she: "Companies aren't looking for ways to keep women down. They are looking for tools to help women surface." Even if Schwartz's methods have met a resounding "ugh," meeting that goal is crucial for women as well as their employers. Nearly two-thirds of all new workers in the labor force over the next decade will be women. That is the most compelling argument against any notion that companies can afford to sideline the millions of workingwomen who will decide to become mothers as well...
...have no doubt that Minnesota will be ready to play, and I expect an intense series," Sauer said, "but the first game will be crucial. Minnesota's timing may be off initially, and we want to take this opportunity...
...social life is not everything--more crucial to members of the Quad are suites and facilities, which according to President Derek C. Bok and Associate Dean of Physical Resources Phillip J. Parsons are the best on campus...