Word: vital
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Slim Chance. The hastily scheduled meeting, Johnson made clear, betokened no military crisis or vital policy change. Rather, as suggested by its unprecedented emphasis on peaceful programs for the Vietnamese, the President's mission reflected his determination to continue what he calls his "two-fisted" approach to the war: a simultaneous attempt to wage the conflict with vigor while hoping to end it at the negotiating table. Johnson had resumed that now-familiar stance earlier in the week when he announced resumption of U.S. bombing of North Viet Nam while taking his peace offensive to the United Nations...
Brotherly Accord. Though a vital feature of the valley's rehabilitation would be public acquisition of some 100,000 acres at 150 scenic points (cost: $100 million), most of the commission's recommendations could be carried out through effective coordination of already existing programs, including New York's own $1 billion water-pollution campaign. Scenic easements, under which a property owner would be granted tax concessions if he agreed to keep his land undeveloped, could hold back industry from the shoreline and crowning highlands, at the same time keep the countryside in private hands. Intelligent zoning could...
...given an opportunity to criticize and change it. A separate committee might provide the means of expression; but a single organization would better reflect the opinion of the Harvard-Radcliffe student body and would eliminate duplication of effort. The proposal would also facilitate the exchange of ideas which is vital to the improvement of courses...
...radar systems. MIG-21s have been spotted on airstrips in the North. In the South, there was evidence that the Viet Cong guerrillas might be equipped for the first time with 20-mm. and 37-mm. antiaircraft guns, which could seriously threaten the U.S. planes and helicopters that fly vital strafing and bombing missions. One U.S. F-4 Phantom hit by ground fire last week limped back to Danang airbase with a three-foot hole in its fuselage-big enough to have been caused by such A.A. batteries...
Holding the child's interest is vital to programmed instruction, since each child works alone at his own pace. Breaking reading down to simple steps that lead a child progressively toward more difficult words, yet do not bore him, was Sullivan's greatest problem. His first attempts failed badly. A member of his team at the time, Psychologist Allen Calvin, tried programming a Superman story, found that it held kids' interest about nine times longer than the reading program. Even a programmed version of a Sears, Roebuck catalogue did five times better. "We were terribly discouraged," recalls...