Word: vital
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...intelligence had no warning of the firing of the sputnik. ¶ U.S. policymakers probably have been seriously underestimating Russian scientific capability; in vital sectors of the technology race the U.S. may well have lost its precious lead...
TRADING-STAMP COMPANIES won vital battle against anti-stamp merchants, who charged that stamps jack up prices, squeeze out non-stamp stores. FTC ruled that stamps do not create "unfair competition or deceptive practices," but promised to act against any company that uses stamps for "deception of customers, price discrimination...
...face. The gunman, thought to be a professional Cuban gun slinger, grabbed Martnez' briefcase, then scuttled from the building undetected. Only in one detail did the shooting vary from the pattern: the bullet ripped through Martnez' cheek and neck, missing a vital spot, and the Trujillo critic will probably live...
...abundance of good teachers was vital to maintaining a high level of American science, Pusey asserted. He denied, however, that American science was "lagging behind" that of Russia. Development of a satellite before the U.S. was ready with one was due to a "crash," high-priority program in Russia, he said...
...Russian report failed, however, to reveal the time of the satellite's launching. This information is vital to a mathematical computation of its exact location...