Word: vital
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ripped away with the pylon that attached it to the wing. Climbing, the engine apparently tore into the wing, severing at least two of the three hydraulic pressure lines embedded near the forward edge. The loss of the engine, its hydraulic pumps and the hydraulic lines that power vital controls rendered the craft uncontrollable...
...advice on deal ing with Brezhnev. Schmidt also lobbied in Washington for ratification of the SALT treaty. At a private dinner with six Senators and four Congressmen who are undecided about SALT, he warned that rejection of the treaty would seriously set back détente, which he called "vital for a rational world." Schmidt also spoke strongly in favor of the treaty at two public appearances in the U.S., including one at Harvard, where he received an honorary degree...
Proponents of the bill insist education is an issue vital enough to the national interest to merit the status and visibility that a Cabinet-level position implies. Because there is no one person who speaks for education--and consequently no one person to blame for national educational failures--supporters argue that a national spokesman for education is needed. Packer argues that elevating education to Cabinet status will help improve its status and visibility. "President Carter has said education has only been brought up twice in Cabinet meetings," he notes, adding that a new department would insure that educational programs...
...Henry, an associate of the Harvard College Observatory (HCO) who worked on a vital component ("it's analogous to an X-ray T.V. camera") of HEAO-2's sensitive X-ray telescope, decided he didn't want to watch the launch on a monitor...
...surely as are Lafleur, Jean Beliveau and Maurice ("Rocket") Richard from earlier teams, an example of the depth of talent that Montreal assembles to support its stars. In six N.H.L. seasons, Gainey, 25, has averaged fewer than 15 goals a year, concentrating instead on the less dramatic, but equally vital skills of a defensive forward...