Word: vital
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...Vital Statistics: Born Dec. 19, 1893, in Boston, son of a noted Boston lawyer and a descendant of New England's oldest settlers. A. Lawrence Lowell, president of Harvard (1909-1933) was his uncle; cigar-smoking Poetess Amy Lowell was his aunt...
...content with providing married couples with a nursery for their children, the University is also willing to help engaged couples take the vital preliminary step. People can be married in Memorial Church, although this is followed for reasons other than the promotion of business for the struggling nursery school...
Said Perón: "From the economic point of view I can assure you gentlemen that Argentina has absolutely no problems." Actually, Argentina's vital exports have slumped disastrously, her overall trade balance is unfavorable, her gold and foreign-exchange assets have plunged below $500 million, her credit is poor, her currency has slumped to 28 pesos to the dollar on the free market (legal rate: 14), her people are feeling the pinch of inflation and are threatened with shortages of fuel, farm and industrial machinery, washing machines, electric stoves, rolling stock and newsprint...
...become virtually impossible for many student. Faced with the decline in scholarship money the College had a choice of two things--turning down students who could not pay their own way or finding new sources of financial aid. The College took the latter alternative, and student employment became a vital part in keeping Harvard a college for men of ability, not wealth...
...moon, may have a practical outcome. Ultra high frequency waves are not affected by the electrical disturbances in the atmosphere that sometimes black out other radio channels. With their great 'disadvantage (short, "line-of-sight" range) overcome by using the moon as a reflector, they may carry vital messages when other channels fail...