Word: vital
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...from-the-shoulder message through Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson Jr. The U.S.. said the President, views Laos as a test case of Soviet intentions (see FOREIGN NEWS), is willing to work toward a genuine settlement, or just as willing to throw its power into Southeast Asia to safeguard its vital interests...
...Else. This was the U.S.'s offer. But Thompson also had a warning. President Kennedy wanted to make it perfectly clear that the future of Southeast Asia was absolutely vital to the U.S. The U.S. was prepared to tolerate true neutralism, but it would not, under any circumstances, tolerate Communist attempts to subvert, colonize or take over nations such as Laos and other countries in the area. To combat it, the U.S. would take any measures necessary. If Khrushchev, instead of damping down the dangerous fire in Laos, chose to fan the flames, the U.S. reaction would be immediate...
...Chop. Laos lies, by historical accident, in the shape of a lean lamb chop among six quarreling neighbors. To the Communist countries beyond the mists and granite-blue mountains to the north, Laos in anarchy provides the vital corridor through which to fuel an incessant guerrilla warfare against South Viet...
...cope with a daily volume of trading that the Exchange had not expected until 1965, the Exchange has hired 75 new floor employees. Even so, the trading tape-the Exchange's vital link with the outside business world-has lagged behind transactions every day this year except two. making it difficult for brokers off the floor to keep track of prices or to know which stocks are most active...
...himself spends much of his time in his laboratory in the company's Cambridge, Mass., headquarters. He devotes about half his time to research (he holds more than 200 U.S. patents), often works in the lab for days and nights on end when a project is at its vital stage. He is busy working on research into color vision, to which he has already made outstanding contributions, and he takes personal responsibility for the company's black-and-white film developments...