Word: vital
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...campaign, was a frequent visitor to the Capitol building, though he has never in the past had any connection with the legislature. Perhaps most telling of all was the role attributed to Stephen Smith, Kennedy's brother-in-law and campaign manager. According to Newsweek, Smith made the vital calls that held the coalition together...
...notice that he intends to continue shipment of arms to Congolese rebels and averred that if the U.S. did not like his brand of foreign policy it could "go jump in the lake." For his part, Johnson told newsmen last week that if the U.S. is to protect its "vital interests, in this part of the world, where tensions are very high, then the President must have freedom of action to act in the best interest of all the people of this land...
...hour-a-day, 365-day-a-year alert against surprise attack, the U.S. depends on a foolproof communications system. To make sure that communications work even in the event of a massive missile attack that could destroy most of the vital command centers of U.S. defense, the Strategic Air Command maintains an emergency headquarters command and communications staff headed by a general in a jet airplane five miles in the sky. That system was initiated four years ago last week and-figuratively speaking-the plane has been circling aloft for more than 35,000 hours...
...January about how well or badly the new year will treat it. But last fall's automobile strikes distorted customary sales patterns, first cutting sales badly, then pushing them unrealistically high in December, when over time production helped fill a huge order backlog. To Detroit, January became the vital, cliffhanging month to watch...
...declared Johnson, "since 1960 a new factor has emerged to invigorate private efforts. The vital margin of difference has come from Government policies which have sustained a steady, but noninflationary, growth of markets . . . The balance between budget expenditures and taxes has been boldly adjusted to the needs of economic growth. We have recognized as self-defeating the effort to balance our budget too quickly in an economy operating well below its potential...