Word: vital
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...finally picked, after long sessions with seven models in the testing tanks at Hoboken's Stevens Institute of Technology, shows he had his weather eye cocked more on September than on summer. "Columbia differs from Vim only in a matter of inches," says he. But inches are as vital to a racing hull as to a fashion model. Columbia's bow sweeps gracefully into a full-bodied hull-a shape that helps her go swiftly to windward against a running sea. Stephens' calculations show that Columbia should do her best in the heavy weather that often blows...
Ever since Protagoras brandished the philosophical motto that "man is the measure of all things," thus declaring man's personal freedom an unlimited absolute, sages and philosophers have been fascinated with the idea of freedom. Today, after some 2,500 years, the idea remains just as vital and just as fascinating...
...Certain vital parts of the book cannot, unfortunately, be put on film, and this is a major fault. Hemingway's crude but effective metaphysics are mostly neglected, and when inserted artificially in the last scene ("You go. And when you go I will go with you. Because I am you.") become more a source of amusement than anything else...
Withdrawal of Council support, in this regard, would sever all official College relations with other universities and deprive undergraduates of the opportunity to participate in the formulation of policy which affects them in a vital and worthwhile way. For the Council, a vote to abandon the NSA would mean the loss of whatever perspective and stature it enjoys as a member of a larger and national organization...
...were selected only on the basis of age (18 to 45) and because they happened to be in the hospital at the time. Included were housewives, businessmen, teachers, laborers, with ailments ranging from bronchitis to brain tumors. Purpose: to see if their illnesses were preceded by any loss in vital personal relationships, any emotions of "separation" (real, threatened or symbolic...