Word: vital
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fact, a little oasis of peace where the mind can recuperate from all Modern and Vital Questions?where it can even laugh at them without rancor. All out of a country library, in the shade of an. appletree...
...forecast on the vital statistics for 1922 shows an increasing danger that France will be poorer than ever in men. In 1920 the population increased by 160,000; in 1921 the increase was only 9,000; a net decrease is expected for 1922. The present shortage of living quarters, the uncertainty of modern French life, and the lowered moral standards that followed the War are alike blamed for the failure of the French nation to raise the most valuable of all crops?babies...
...vital points of the new treaty, reached after three years of tedious negotiations, are as follows...
Hungary's chief need was foreign capital, if only for the movement of crops. Economic conditions in Hungary are good, but capital is of vital importance. No foreign power will lend without control; the Little Entente is in a position to block all loans, unless it is given control; the Hungarians don't want Little Entente control, they want money. The dilemma is unescapable. Only the gradual weakening of the Little Entente, prophesied at Budapest, can afford the Magyars consolation...
...American people just what the Labor party will do when it comes into power. It is important to maintain close Anglo-American relations; and, in view of the fact that Britain is likely to be the first great modern State to have a Labor Government, it is vital to the American people to know exactly what we intend...