Word: vital
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...with their tenuous alliances and uneasy combinations, tend to be unstable. Dissention often arises within the coalition, each group adhering rigidly to its principles, unwilling to sacrifice its standards to the cause of effective government. Consequently, major problems are shelved for fear of upsetting the coalition's balance, and vital programs collect dust for lack of Cabinet cohesion...
These failures and faults not only hinder France's solution of her own vital internal problems, but prevent her from participating positively in the international complex. An example of inefficiency was the constant failure to establish a consistent and coherent policy for Indo-China, resulting in prolonged equivocations and indecision...
...American government said the great nations should not "arrogate to themselves decisions on matters of vital import" to the Middle Eastern countries...
...then specialize in graduate school. But due to the severely subdued position of geography here, the average Harvard undergraduate is unaware of the existence of the subject as a serious academic concern. If geography's position is not improved, few, if any graduates from the College will enter this vital field...
...strings which, except for some raggedness, came out with surprisingly good intonation; and the sudden rests, traps for any amateur orchestra, were for once clearly defined--which does not seem to indicate "imprecision" in Mr. Poto. I thought that the Brahms was far from "lifeless"--indeed quite vital...