Word: vital
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Israelis understand that the U.S.: 1) comes out of the crisis with clean hands and unparalleled moral authority; 2) seeks no private gain in the Middle East area; and 3) is the only nation that can provide the stability the Middle East must have before it can attack its vital economic and political problems...
...piece called "The Kremlin's Shattering Triumph," Joseph and Stewart Alsop ranted: "Even among the Administration policymakers the almost hysterical emotions generated by pique against the British and French are now beginning to subside." Two days later the Alsops swung even more wildly: "The most strategically vital region of the modern world has been handed to the Kremlin on a silver platter -with the American Government as a rather conspicuous platter-bearer...
...forces they were to keep apart (the Anglo-French invasion force alone was 50,000 strong). In Egypt the puny army must somehow ensure that two of the greatest nations in Europe abandon with grievous loss of face a last-ditch attempt to dominate a region of the world vital to their survival as major powers...
...British and French aggression in Egypt suddenly made clear the dismaying fact that when the chips were down, not only Russia but "respectable" major powers as well were willing to take the law into their own hands, breaking their U.N. pledge to renounce force, when they conceived their vital national interests to be at stake...
...Anthony Eden's summary action in Egypt had already cost his nation from ?35 million to ?50 million. It had put the Suez Canal itself out of operation for perhaps six months, and reduced Britain's supply of vital Middle Eastern oil to a trickle. Valuable dollar reserves must be spent to buy oil elsewhere. "Whatever happens," said Harold Macmillan, "it is quite clear that there must be-I do not wish either to minimize it or exaggerate it -that there will be, a serious temporary effect upon our economy...