Word: vital
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...more vital result of the Suez crisis than Panama's pain in the pride (see above) was that Latin American oil suddenly took on new importance to the West. If turbulence stirred by Egypt's nationalization of the Suez Canal slows down the flow of Middle Eastern oil, Europe will have to turn to Latin America...
...then does Russia earn its welcome? Though private enterprise still has a vital stake in India's backward economy, the government is heavily committed to state ownership of industry and natural resources. Thus Russia, the first socialist state to emerge as a major industrial power, is solicitously helpful in mapping a nationalized economy for India. U.S. pharmaceutical firms have long been anxious to build plants in India, but have balked at the prospect of investing money and technical secrets in a government-controlled industry. Last week the government announced that a ten-man Indian delegation would leave soon...
...music is an essential meaningful element in it, which the layman has difficulty in expressing discursively." He added that "the slight movement of the tone, with the 'vibrato,' is felt as life; our concept of life depends on an awareness of movement . . . therefore music should become an extremely vital part of life...
Picked for the Job. Harry Truman's appearance has been carefully timed. His role will be vital because, in the era of moderation, a lot of steam has gone out of the Democratic Party. To the party of the common man, an Illinois squire and a New York millionaire have presented themselves as candidates, and the squire has won the lead. In the party that thrives on its never-say-die struggles for power, Estes Kefauver withdrew in the name of "unity." While they approve of moderation, most good Democrats hunger for that old spirit...
...Nile had laid hands on Britain's lifeline to the East, and jeopardized Britain's Middle East oil supplies; he was laying a threat to Britain's very existence. The moral outrage at Nasser's action was matched by an acute awareness of a vital interest involved. The British government sent flattops, cruisers and squadrons of jet bombers flying off to the eastern Mediterranean, and at week's end thou sands of reserves, hastily called from their summer pursuits, boarded troop transports bound from Britain for Cyprus. A British committee even banned Egyptian swimmers (including...