Word: vital
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...congregations throughout the nation in what is emerging as the first major presidential candidacy in U.S. history to be built largely on church support. Lacking a large organization and with a badly underfunded campaign, Jackson has turned to networks of black churches for volunteers and money. This support is vital, Jackson told a group of African Methodist Episcopal church clergy in Atlanta last week. "We must translate pulpit power into political power...
...started studying Sanskrit only during her doctoral studies at Harvard in Comparative Religion, "It's vital to opening up a culture and especially crucial for reading texts, "she says...
...color-filled extra pages of editorial content specifically directed to 1984's very special demands. With these additional capabilities, which will cost nearly $2 million, TIME will be taking an unprecedented step toward giving its readers the dramatic detail and pictorial splendor that are a vital part of the events that define our interests and shape our times. TIME'S new bonus approach to big news will be used for two Winter Olympics issues, three during the Summer Olympics and two for the political conventions, as well as for any surprise major news event...
DIED. John Coventry Smith, 80, a leader of the U.S. Protestant missionary movement and a former president of the World Council of Churches; after a heart attack; in Abington, Pa. Smith, a Presbyterian, played a vital role in the postwar movements toward interdenominational unity and the independence of Third World churches...
...rainy season. Every year, before the heavy summer storms, the South Africans launch punishing raids into southern Angola to pre-empt attacks by the black nationalist guerrillas of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO). And every year, once the rains provide them with foliage cover and vital water supplies, the rebels cross the border into northern Namibia, hoping to bring an end to South Africa's 17-year control of that nation. This year, for the first time. South African troops came into direct confrontation with those of Marxist Angola, supported by some of the country...