Word: vital
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Early this month hundreds of clandestine pamphlets began circulating in Spain. Trumpeted one: "We demand the vital minimum salary of 75 pesetas a day and equal pay for women. We must protest the ridiculous wage increases that have been handed to us ... agitate for the minimum basic salary and a democratic Spain." Some pamphlets urged workers to stage a demonstration in mid-April. Rebellious Madrid University students who had demonstrated against the government of Dictator Francisco Franco in February (TIME, Feb. 20) planned new protests of their own, timed to break out just as Madrid played international host...
Both teams went scoreless up until the sixth inning, when the varsity added one vital insurance run. Dick Fisher led off with a sharp single to left and moved to second on Matt Botsford's sacrifice bunt. After Bob Hastings had grounded out, Catcher Bing Crosby then hit a 3 and 0 pitch for a double down the left field line to drive in Fisher. Fisher and Crosby each garnered two of the Crimson's six hits...
...policy towards China he wrote, assumes a state of revolution which no longer exists. A policy change now would not imply pro-Communist ideology, but would enable us to work with a government in firm control of a vital area, he continued...
...ready to act swiftly in the Middle East. It fears a new anti-British outbreak in Jordan, and is ready to fly in paratroopers to help young King Hussein put it down. For if Britain loses its hold in Jordan, it has jeopardized its control of the vital Iraq oilfields next door...
...company towns that are still going up in the U.S., community planning is considered a vital factor in attracting a stable, skilled work force. The modern company town is usually a model community with broad, tree-lined streets, spacious shopping centers (which invariably are leased to local merchants) and well-built housing designed to encourage home ownership...