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Word: vital (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Readymade Model. The U.S. does not have to put the space program under military command to get going. But the fact stands that civilians now in command of vital elements of the space program, notably NASA Administrator T. Keith Glennan and Pentagon Research Director York, do not have experience in the tough kind of getting-things-done that the occasion demands. One way to resolve the space tangle once and for all would be to set up a unified, civilian-military space organization similar to the World War II Manhattan District in which scientists such as Dr. Robert Oppenheimer developed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPACE: The Prematurely Grey Mare | 11/2/1959 | See Source »

...could buy in the world's cheapest markets, reexport to the most expensive. Sometimes the transactions were legal, often they were not. In recent years the smugglers alone have been netting about $100 million in sales. Biggest customer: Franco's Spain, whose fumbling economy is supplied with vital products by Tangier's smugglers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MOROCCO: Cleaning Up Tangier | 11/2/1959 | See Source »

...defeating a resolution to support President Pusey, we were "freezing" the issue until further investigation could be made. A committee under the Chairmanship of Tom Jones is presently preparing a report that will bring to light the vital facts and issues of the NDEA. When completed, a copy will be given to each Council member and, possibly, to each student in the Class of 1963. After further debate and consideration, the Freshman Student Council will make its decision on supporting or opposing President Pusey's action. As of this moment, we are neutral and will remain so until we understand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EXPLAINS FRESHMAN ACTION | 10/31/1959 | See Source »

Success against the Quakers is vital. "We're woried about Yale, Penn, and Princeton, in that order," Munro said Thursday. "The Penn game will go a long way toward determining how we finish...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Football, Soccer Squads to Face Penn Today | 10/31/1959 | See Source »

...attitude unmistakably corresponds with the University's. It disdains the demagogue, the smearer, the emotionally tinged campaign. Physically, the CCA accomplishes its goal through a proportional representation system of voting, where voters select their candidates in order of preference. Through the complicated counting process the CCA finds its elan vital--representation on the nine-man City Council and the six-man School Committee...

Author: By Thomas M. Pepper, | Title: The CCA, the College, and Politics: Cambridge Nears Biennial Election | 10/29/1959 | See Source »

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