Word: vital
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...press conference a fortnight ago, President Eisenhower was closely questioned by reporters on a vital subject: Is the U.S. military establishment strong enough? The President sought to strike a note of caution-and balance-in his replies. Any appraisal of our military strength, he said, must take into account all its elements. And, said the President, with an emphasis that was noteworthy in any Army man, let us not overlook the Navy. "No one," he said, "has talked about that...
Chest. The lungs were clear to auscultation. The determination of vital capacity was within normal limits...
...feeling," said Hammarskjold, "that there is a general will to peace, and that this will should be fostered and encouraged, not by attempts to impose from outside solutions to problems of vital significance to everyone in the region," but by local initiative. "If we have previously experienced chain reactions leading to a continuous deterioration of the situation, we may now have the possibility of starting a chain of reactions in the opposite direction." He told reporters that he was "not willing" to recommend any next step himself. "I feel strongly that more than ever it is in the hands...
...Enzo Ferrari, the mere fact of victory is less vital than interpreting aright the lessons that the races burn into his automobiles. Says he: "The importance of a race is not so much who is the victor, but the technical results that show whether the engineer is on the right road and progressing." To make sure that he stays on the right road, Ferrari hustles his cars back to his Maranello factory after a race. There they are disassembled and minutely examined by their maker for flaws and hints on how to improve their performance...
...town, would be that of defense. The crew, with Samuel Eliot Morison as admiral, could be recruited from the clubs; ROTC units could merge into a combined army and air force. With these stalwarts at the force, the new nation could conduct a police action to secure the vital Brattle Corridor to Radcliffe...