Word: vital
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Untarred Candidate. Even so, after four days, Senator Puyat still could not obtain the vital 60% of the vote. Convention costs, which included hotel expenses for the 1,344 delegates, were soaring and tempers grew short. President Garcia phoned the convention chairman, snapped, "We can't go on forever." Under heavy pressure, Aytona finally agreed to let the Nacionalista Executive Committee pick the Vice President. The committee promptly passed the buck to President Garcia. Handing the nomination to Puyat as the choice "of the majority of the delegates," Garcia delicately thanked the convention for a "new affirmation of your...
Joaquin Balaguer, the puppet President whom Ramfis inherited from his father, went so far as to welcome the presence of a U.S. fleet cruising 60 miles off the Dominican coast. "It is just," he said. The U.S. "should be concerned that this vital area not become the theater of hatreds." Added Ramfis, who would very much like to resume diplomatic relations with the U.S., sell more sugar, and see more tourists: "I wish to emphasize that reports that I am anti-American are lies spread by reactionaries...
...meeting of the Student Government Association, asking its members to help establish an advisory committee to work with the Administration in the future. Radcliffe girls are "too little involved in important policy decisions of the College," she declared, contending that it was ridiculous not to consult them on such vital issues as admissions policy, room assignments, and enlargement of library facilities...
...school could serve as a placement outlet for students who now are scattered among a bewildering array of agencies. Monro said that it might also serve as a vital contact for Nigerian students who wish to study at the University. If the plan works out, he added, the "John Harvard School" might open its doors...
...cadaver blood offers several advantages. A living donor may lie about his health, especially about such a vital question as whether he has had hepatitis. Moreover, he cannot comfortably give more than a pint every two or three months. The corpse cannot lie, and the pathologists doing an autopsy can check every vital organ for disease-including the liver for evidence of hepatitis. They select as donors only the corpses of presumably healthy individuals who die suddenly, as in traffic accidents or from heart attacks. A cadaver yields far more blood than a walking donor: the Pontiac investigators have drawn...