Word: vital
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Foreman Thomas says the jurors agreed early that the fetus was alive when it was born. They were using a definition of death jointly formulated by the judge, prosecutors and defenders, along the lines of one used by the World Health Organization: "The permanent disappearance of all vital signs." By this definition, the fetus had been alive, since the nurses testified that it had gasped for breath and had a heartbeat. But the jury split widely on the question of Waddill's culpability, with two strongly for acquittal, two strongly for conviction, and the rest unsure. Then...
Perhaps the most compelling argument for selling the planes to the Saudis is the importance to the U.S. of strengthening this special relationship. The U.S.'s self-interest requires that it make every effort to reinforce this economically powerful, strategically vital but militarily vulnerable ally. A strong Saudi Arabia can help to stabilize the entire region?including Israel. For despite the anti-Zionist rhetoric that emanates sporadically from Riyadh, the Saudis are a strong moderating force in the Arab world, and no peace settlement will be possible without their tacit approval...
...vital to consider several questions that might broaden one's understanding of the Israeli-Palestinian issue and allow one to realize that Feldstein blindly portrays it as simply "innocent kibbutznik vs. fanatic PLO terrorist...
...these Palestinian commandos even living in Lebanon--did they once live somewhere else? In examining the pre-1948 territorial situation, one makes the vital realization that these commandos are rocketing the very areas in which Palestinians once lived and were uprooted after the May 15, 1948, U.N. creation of the state of Israel and the ensuing...
...sometimes too rapid development without proper planning created a gap between what was vital and necessary for the national existence and what people wanted to improve their standard of living. It is no sin for a human being to long for better living conditions, but Israeli society, as a whole, grabbed at materialistic symbols while establishing a moral justification: "We who are ready to sacrifice our lives for the state should enjoy life...