Word: vital
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Arafat's family and "Abu Ammar's acquaintances. However, this belies another source of weakness, for Kiernan had to depend on an interpreter in conducting his interviews. It is regrettable that such an investigation, where impressions and the capacity to instill trust in one's interviewee are so vital, that the author could not speak Arabic...
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...white-settler regime. The toll: more than 300 dead, including 181 guerrillas, 20 Rhodesian "troopies," twelve white and 88 black civilians. Nearly 100 others have been killed in early November. One major guerrilla goal has been to cut Rhodesia's rail and road links with South Africa-vital conduits for the fuel and ammunition that Salisbury needs. To assess the threat, TIME Correspondent Lee Griggs accompanied one of the twice-daily convoys that travel along Route A-4 from Fort Victoria to Beitbridge on the South African border. His report...
...most important indication of the business mood is that, whatever stock market investors may think, corporate chiefs are not cutting back on the vital investments that they make in new plant and equipment. "We made our plans, and they haven't changed," says Joel Goldberg, president of Rich's, a chain of 12 department stores, which has its headquarters in Atlanta. Speaking to shareholders in Boston last week, U.S. Steel Chairman Edgar Speer declared that his company would go ahead with plans to spend about $900 million in 1977. Somewhat similar statements came from J.C. Penney and American...
AFTER THREE YEARS of discussion and planning, the seven task forces assigned to reform undergraduate education have begun to submit reports. It is vital that these reports undergo vigorous debate and criticism from all people within the University. Dean Rosovsky has paved the way for some of that discussion in his tactful dean's report...