Word: vital
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Rearguard Action. The explosion of vital statistics is amply evident from the island of Sylt, where pneumatic nudists jounce across the beaches, to the Spanish coastline, where bulgy Brünnhildes have already made the authorities regret their decision not to enforce a longtime ban on bikinis. West Germany's men's wear industry in recent years has had to add a new clothing classification, tactfully dubbed Boss or Manager size; nearly a quarter of all new clothes are now bought by customers of managerial girth, while sales of "normal" sizes are diminishing...
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...editor of this criticism and will write one of the chapters. The professor interprets his own works to be "an attempt to involve literary criticism" with the mainstream of daily life. Although this may result in an "impure literary criticism," he hopes that it will be more vital and human, even if a bit "more messy...
...long it lasts, it will never be finally solved by political maneuvering, or in legislative chambers, or by court decisions, or in street fights. The ultimate answer can be found only in the conscience of the nation. And the active, unequivocal participation of the churches and churchmen is vital to achieving that answer...
...larva must invade a snail within about 24 hours or die. After weeks of development and change in the snail, the larvae move on and burrow into a human body, where they mature and mate in the bloodstream. Then they settle down to years devoted to depositing eggs in vital organs. The adult parasites live in an almost constant state of copulation and the female can produce up to 3,000 eggs a day for as long as 30 years. Once the eggs enter the bladder and intestines, they are passed out of the body and, in areas of primitive...