Word: vital
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...Asmara, the city that Benito Mussolini called "the gem of the Horn of Africa," the Ethiopian army is increasingly nervous. The vital 56-mile highway to the port of Massawa, as well as all other roads, is frequently cut, if not actually controlled, by Eritrean forces. The railroad from the port of Assab carries no traffic; its bridges have been destroyed by guerrillas. Ethiopian army units dare not travel unescorted more than a few miles outside the capital. When they do go farther, they move by convoy with tank protection and air cover. Their supplies arrive only...
...domestic market is saturated, and our population is overaged and shrinking. It's just prudent business that if you have a market, your production should follow." With that argument, Volkswagen's boss, Toni Schmucker, persuaded German unions and political leaders that an American plant was vital if his company were to regain its traditional substantial share of the U.S. market. Volkswagen will invest $200 million in a Pennsylvania assembly plant that will begin turning out the popular Rabbit model...
...Graham, Christian conversion involves two "vital elements," repentance and faith. Repentance, which is "absolutely necessary," is not a commitment to self-reform or an acknowledgment of the general evil in society. It is rather a very personal "recognition of what we are before God-sinners who fall short of His glory." This is followed by "genuine sorrow for sin" and "willingness to turn from...
EASTERN EUROPE. Inequalities persist, there are vital problems ... The great unresolved question survives: that of democracy and of conflicts and contradictions that a unilateral propaganda machine dissimulates but does not resolve...
Legal Communists. Assuming that he can round up those vital 13 votes, Ecevit will initially devote most of his energies to domestic matters. His first priorities, he said, would be restoring law-and-order and patching up the ailing economy. He intends to push for wage restraints, less generous commodity subsidies and increased export production. As for his law-and-order promises, Ecevit raised a few eyebrows by saying that he planned to legalize Turkey's small Communist Party (perhaps 2,000 members) by introducing legislation to repeal penal-code provisions that outlaw "class struggle." He also promised...