Word: vital
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...been equaled. Over a front that stretched from far inside the Arctic Circle down to subtropical Sukhumi, he manipulated some 300 divisions. Every man or woman who could walk was either in the army or in a war factory. Factories in the Urals were pouring out tanks and guns. Vital supplies of ammunition, aircraft, gasoline and trucks were arriving from the Allies. Zhukov began to knock the stuffing out of the Wehrmacht...
...ventriloquists' dummies," shouted one M.P. before he was gaveled down. Many in the opposition were distressed more by what Strydom was doing to the courts than by what he was doing to the blacks. But Strydom had the votes: in the Lower House the bill passed its vital second reading...
...reply, the Government's brief insisted on its need and right to keep FBI reports and informants secret: "A large area of vital Government intelligence depends on undercover agents, paid informers and casual informers who must be guaranteed anonymity . . . Disclosure of these confidential sources would not only imperil the employee loyalty and security program but would also endanger the effective functioning of investigative agencies in the espionage and sabotage fields." A balance must be struck "between protection of the individual and the demands of national security...
...best judgment of our military experts, these islands are strategically vital to the security and freedom of our nation-without which there can be no freedom or security for any free nation anywhere in the world-then let our political leaders have the courage to tell that to the American people and convince them to take all necessary measures to help safeguard these islands for the sake of our own best national interest and our stake in world peace...
President Eisenhower's foreign aid requests for the next fiscal year clearly make both economic and military assistance continuing and vital parts of United States policy. Not only does the President's program reflect the "critical needs of Asia," but it also recognizes the need for an expanded program of economic development throughout the world. Congress has already begun to snipe at the economic plans not linked directly to defense requirements--the very plan that make the President's message both realistic and bold...