Word: vital
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
This saved him from more direct humiliation. In four days of meetings, the caucus voted to take the power to assign all House committee members-a vital source of Mills' influence-away from Ways and Means and give it to the Democratic Steering Committee, which consists of the House leaders and other influential party members. This in effect gives Speaker Albert an appointive power not held by a House leader since it was carved away from the autocratic Speaker "Uncle Joe" Cannon in 1910. The caucus voted to increase Mills' committee to 37 members, including 25 Democrats...
...second is infinitely more difficult. But if we look ahead, it is infinitely more useful. The most meaningful test of whether the Assembly has succeeded in this task is not whether a majority can be mobilized behind any single draft resolution, but whether those states whose cooperation is vital to implement a decision will support it in fact. "Each time this Assembly makes a decision which a significant minority of members regard as unfair or one-sided, it further erodes vital support for the U.N. among that minority. But the minority which is so often offended may in fact...
...ostensibly to get him to confirm that Ehrlichman had only carried out presidential orders during the Watergate cover-up and had been led to believe that he was acting in the interest of national security. In reality, Ehrlichman's prospects are better if a witness he contends is vital to his defense cannot appear...
...Editors During the past year I have not read a single article on present-day sex mores in America that does not leave 01 some vital question germane to the subject under discussion...
Continuing Conflict. Is Mao still in control? Has Chou lost his once unquestioned power? Is Chiang Ching plotting to take over after Mao is gone from the scene? In the West, at least, there are no definite answers to these vital questions. But there are numerous signs in China of serious problems of disunity and factionalism. The theoretical journal Red Flag this month carried a frank admission of trouble within the party ranks. One article spoke of "indiscipline or anarchy existing in many places" and warned that "a small number of party members are asserting 'independence' from...