Word: crucially
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Industrial Base. The U.S. needs a great and growing technological base, a pool of scientific talent and a high level of scientific ability to 1) maintain the strategic balance in the cold war's battle of the laboratories, 2) cut down the crucial "lead time" in which new weapons are brought from drawing board to operational capability. "Providing we apply [this technological base] with a clear sense of direction, [it] should enable us to assign high priority to a greater variety of projects than the U.S.S.R...
...next crucial match for the varsity will be against Williams, next Wednesday, at Williamstown. Barnaby rates the Williams team as the strongest the varsity has yet to face. The Crimson easily captured its first two intercollegiate contests, downing a rugged Army squad, 8 to 1, and shutting out M.I.T...
...primer-simple, and studded with long gaps in which the viewer was left without pertinent information about the picture, or even a clue as to its locale. The film was more than half over before Michener got around to mentioning the issue that makes Southeast Asia's present crucial to the U.S. future-i.e., the Communists and the West are both struggling to win the region to their side. In all, NBC cameramen shot 16 hours of film for the show; the torpor of the editing and narration created the unhappy illusion that...
...Just how crucial Ike's health was to NATO morale was demonstrated again that evening. Secretary Dulles had advised him that the evening session would be a routine drafting session, which most heads of government would probably skip, and Dulles suggested Ike could skip it too. But when the news reached the Palais de Chaillot that Ike was not coming, consternation swept the meeting. Quickly, Dulles put in a call to the U.S. residency, told Ike that the other heads of government were there, and that there was a feeling of deep concern. Without more ado, Ike clapped...
Pakistan's most crucial political issue is whether or not the nation's first general elections, scheduled for next November, will provide a common ballot for all voters or separate ballots (and separate candidates) for Moslem, Hindu, Christian and other minorities...