Word: vital
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...conceded that the Administration would not object to a "Mrs. Murphy clause"* exempting owners occupying small houses from any compulsion to rent to Negroes. Katzenbach emphasized nonetheless: "The ending of compulsory residential segregation has become a national necessity. Law must lead and law must protect in this vital area." Congress, he suggested, must now "address itself to the vindication of what is, in substance, the freedom to live...
...modern doctor knows that nothing is finally certain, he can still only say to his patient: "Trust me." Today's patient, who is sophisticated enough to realize his doctor's limitations, is willing to extend that trust-but in return he wants some understanding and sympathy, the vital ingredients that nowadays are too often missing. That exchange should be a compact between the patient and his doctor. It is a compact less complete than the old one, which was based on the patient's total faith and on far less knowledge, but it is a more realistic...
...months did North Viet Nam's Russian-built MIGs rise to do battle, knocking down two U.S. fighter-bombers in their initial surprise appearance, then losing five MIG-175 in the next three encounters. But last week, as the U.S. continued to hack away at the vital transportation spokes feeding into Hanoi, the North Vietnamese air force suddenly scrambled into the skies-only to be cut down in a series of swirling dogfights. As the week drew to a close, the score stood 6-0 for the U.S. and 11-2 for the air war overall...
...Seven Decades" survey, as its selector Selz explained it, was to reveal "rebellion and innovation, qualities vital to the life of art." And the rebellion and innovation are far from over. After the galleries closed down about midnight, those of the opening-night travelers with sufficient stamina dashed up Fifth Avenue to the Jewish Museum to catch the tail end of yet another opening. There, 42 young U.S. and British sculptors launched what may be a new art movement. The new trend is all bare pipe and unadorned steel, and it trumpets "less is more" as its philosophical basis...
...aims, says Arons, is to help students realize that science does not have absolute answers, that "it is a creation of human imagination and intelligence like everything else we do." Arons requires many essays of his students, considers this "feedback" vital to good teaching. "You can't just get up there and say something crisply and clearly and think that it has registered," he says. He has been personally grading papers for 20 years, and "almost every session I learn something new about the obstacles that arise in the students' minds." To their amazement, those students who muster enough courage...