Word: vital
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...mode of terminating the war and securing peace, the President is wandering and indefinite. First, it is to be done by a more vigorous prosecution of the war in the vital parts of the enemy's country; after talking himself tired on this point, the President tells us that with a people divided by contending factions, we may fail to obtain a satisfactory peace...
...attained greatness as Dean, however, in leading the growth and transformation of Harvard Law School in the postwar years. It is important, but not vital, that the School's physical plant greatly expanded during his Deanship. Great schools can thrive for a time in inadequate buildings. It is vitally important, however, that the Griswold years saw the faculty, the library and the curriculum grow to meet the needs of the time. New areas of the law had to be studied and to be taught. Old areas of the law required fresh thinking and new approaches. American lawyers were increasingly involved...
...place of a Dean in such a transformation is difficult to assess. A Dean's influence grows slowly, in subtle increments of choice, of recommendation, of support, of example. Over the years, however, a Dean can become a vital force, determining the direction his school takes. Griswold was such a Dean...
Anti-Bugging. Westin also warns about the polygraph (lie detector) and personality tests that are sometimes required for employment. Worse still, he feels, could be the impact of computers. Already Americans leave a detailed trail of vital data about themselves-insurance questionnaires, loan applications, census forms, employment applications, tax returns, military and school records. If all of these are gathered into one Orwellian information bank, as some officials have proposed, a man's life may well be available at the punch of a button. When all financial transactions begin to be carried out by a universal credit-card...
...leader in World War IPs North African and Italian campaigns; of leukemia; in Washington. After the Sicily landing, Keyes led a makeshift provisional corps 200 miles straight across the island's mountainous interior in only three days. He caught the Germans by surprise at Palermo and captured that vital seaport almost without a shot...