Word: vital
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What began as an experiment in self-government has culminated in a strong and vital nation with world leadership responsibilities. We have a proud heritage. This special 1776 issue highlights that period of time when America's character was formed...
Outer Limits. Tetley's vision is not literary but psychological, vital and sexual. Absent is the usual dance contest between Daphnis and the cowherd Dorkon, danced by Reid Anderson, for the reward of Chloë's kiss. The veil dance of Lykanion, the Grecian Salome, is gone too. Instead, German-born Ballerina Birgit Keil slithers into a hot pas de deux with Cragun, whose ardent body is counterpointed by his gentle face. Through her mellifluous movement, Haydée conveys a Chloë too ripe to be altogether innocent...
Daly gives the example of the congressman who calls about "a vital matter--say the energy crisis" to show that the University is wanted to provide expertise to congressmen ill-equipped to handle certain problems...
Peterson says he dislikes the word 'alumni' because it is a word that defines people by what they once were. Alumni are certainly not "has-beens." For Peterson they remain an "active and vital part" of the Harvard University he deals with...
...overhauled. In the freshly painted warehouses, piles of new, sweet-smelling hemp rope rose like giant becalmed cobras in spirals to the ceilings. Canal pilots, the skilled men who guide ships through the narrow canal, were flocking back from all over the world. The Suez Canal, once the vital link between the West and the East, was being prepared for this week's gala reopening, eight years to the day after its closing...