Word: vital
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Kremlinologists (as they all hate to be called) in Bonn, Berlin and Munich. Most, if not all, of these sources insist on anonymity; they talk to us out of a fascination with the subject, a trust in our discretion, and an eagerness to share their knowledge in an area vital to us all. They tend to caution: few of them play the headline game of trying to choose up sides in the Kremlin, or to conjecture much about mysterious "hard line" factions in Moscow...
...since Canada joined the U.S. in NORAD for air defense of the North American continent, one of the liveliest debates up north (though largely unheard down in the U.S.) has been the question of whether there should be nuclear weapons on Canadian soil. Canadian and U.S. airmen consider it vital to equip Canadian interceptors with nuclear-tipped air-to-air rockets, even more important to arm U.S.-supplied Bomarc antiaircraft missiles with atomic warheads. The latest Gallup poll on the subject shows that 61% of Canada's citizens agree. But Canadian External Affairs Secretary Howard Green, a staunch advocate...
...Cuban crisis showed up the vital hole in joint North American defense. For 48 hours after President Kennedy's blockade announcement, Ottawa could not even make up its mind whether to put Canada's armed forces on alert. While Diefenbaker's Cabinet took its time trying to decide, the RCAF took matters into its own hands. Responsible for sharing in the defense of an air corridor point at the industrial heart of North America. RCAF commanders brought their five squadrons (64 planes) of U.S.-built F-101B Voodoo interceptors to combat readiness; air bases were sealed...
Good Servant. There seems to be no end to the variety of vital biochemical substances that the lymphatic system carries. Dr. Mayerson believes that it conveys hormones into the bloodstream from the glands where they are produced. He is convinced that cholesterol gets into the blood through the lymph-system interchange. And circulating cholesterol is under indictment as a cause of atherosclerosis. In one of nature's delicate balance mechanisms, a rise in blood pressure may push more fats through artery walls. If the lymphatic system cannot drain away all this fat from the tissue spaces around the arteries...
...bought up by Elliott Brothers, an old-line instrument maker with dwindling sales. Bagrit took command of the merged company. Impressed by the control systems developed to leash atomic energy during World War II, he decided that such automatic methods would also work in industry, and would be of vital importance to Britain. Lacking most raw materials, Britain must depend on the competitive price of its manufactured goods to maintain a place in world trade. "In this country," Bagrit likes to say, "automation is a matter of life and death...