Word: vital
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Freehling said that the impetus for the merger was provided by the fact that "Radcliffe has been so vital to PBH as a parallel organization that they deserve to become an integral part...
BESIDES covering the week's current news, TIME reaches into the states and cities of the U.S. to acquaint its readers with a cast of characters vital to the nation's community life. In November 1947, a TIME cover story reported on New Orleans' energetic Mayor deLesseps Story Morrison and his efforts to reform a tired old city. Subsequent progress reports showed New Orleans perking up under a cover of new buildings, bridges and commerce. On the strength of such accomplishments, Morrison last week was nominated for office for a fourth time-and now faces a crucial...
...Tunisia is unique in the Arab world as having allied herself unequivocally with the Western bloc," says Bourguiba. "Tunisia is a bastion in North Africa, and U.S. support is vital if I am to maintain my influence with the Algerians. The only thing that has kept the Algerians from moving over to the side of Nasser is the help they are getting from Tunisia." Last week Bourguiba called it "disquieting" that the F.L.N. leaders, who have recently held their councils of war in Tunis, have shifted their next meeting to Cairo...
...only gainers. Salesmen cover more ground, land more contracts; engineers and troubleshooting supervisors can move around faster. Beyond ordinary personnel transport, private planes are invaluable to rush delivery of critical orders, speed repair parts to outlying plants, or perform any other task where time is the vital factor...
...strategic terms, Turkey is one of the four areas that are vital (the others: Britain, Formosa. Okinawa) as IRBM sites if the West is to maintain its nuclear deterrent in the perilous period when Russia may have an intercontinental missile while the West has not. IRBMs launched from Turkish sites would reach well past Moscow, could command the industrial complex that lies west of the Urals...