Word: vital
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...agree with the general principles he refers to. But I've had proposals over the years to turn our foreign policy away from established directions. We have to stay out of Asian and African wars when our vital interests are not at stake. We should withdraw all military forces from the mainland of Asia. Long ago I called for an end to bilateral foreign aid programs, which we dish up every year to the tune of $8 billion to $10 billion. I would substitute long-term economic programs in concert with other major countries...
Jones enjoys a unique rapport with many Harvard athletes who have taken his course. This has enabled him to perform a vital role as a member of the Harvard Standing Committee on Athletic Sports...
...outspend Brown $500,000 to $200,000. Even if Brown beats him 2 to 1 in the popular vote, Carter could carry as many as 90 delegates and put his total beyond competitive reach. But Carter has dire disabilities. He is not well known; his appeal to blacks, so vital elsewhere, is muffled by Brown's near monopoly of the black political establishment...
...told TIME Correspondent James Willwerth. "But quite possibly it is. If you're not a critic, not some old person who's been around the music business a long time, maybe it's as strong. And if you're a young, vital person who goes to discos looking for birds and all that, maybe it's just fine...
...ensure that students would not be handicapped later in life by inaccurate records, the bill allowed students (and the parents of schoolchildren) to expunge erroneous material and to control third-party access to files. Second, to give students some understanding of the basis on which school authorities came to vital decisions about them, the law granted students access to their educational records...