Word: vital
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Whose 1931 prizewinning discovery, deuterium (heavy hydrogen), became a vital component of the hydrogen bomb...
...same way that Great Books courses were formulated and coordinated-with different courses of study, such as literature, history, art, philosophy and education. The teaching of Christianity as a social and historical phenomenon is favored by Protestants. But few have yet been persuaded that Dawson's prescription is vital to the patient's survival. Dawson begs to disagree: only by placing Christian values at the center will Western man acquire "the higher moral aims which alone can justify the immense developments of technological power and organization...
...Angeles Times, "but if they were responsible for putting new strength and determination into American policy, they served a most valuable function." From his Olympian vantage point, Columnist Walter Lippmann dispensed balm to a perturbed nation. Little countries such as Cuba, he assured his readers, "cannot pose a vital threat to the security of the United States, and we must not exaggerate their importance." The New York Times delivered a solemn editorial lecture: "History is not like a boxing match or a baseball game. It flows like a river. It is hard to be patient under such provocation and defeat...
...statement contradicts the Kennedy Administration's assumption that must be overthrown and that the question remaining is one of method. The American effort in this direction "seriously endangers the pursuit of our most vital interests in world affairs," the statement claims...
...Council permission to sponsor a concert by Pete Seeger raised questions of the utmost importance. And the administration's decision yesterday to permit the concert, as long as Seeger is treated as an artist and not a political figure, makes it absolutely clear that their policy strikes at the vital heart of Harvard's commitment to free inquiry...