Word: vital
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Gore has supported the Administration's successful policy of reflagging Kuwaiti tankers, which has kept the sea lanes open, protected a vital U.S. strategic interest, and stymied Iran's expansionist policy. Only now are the other Democratic candidates belatedly beginning to endorse this policy. While opposing development and deployment of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), Gore supports limited research in order to keep the U.S. prepared in case the Soviets develop a similar system. Although these views may not be endorsed by Jesse Helms or Jesse Jackson, they represent a judicious, pragmatic foreign policy, one which does not wear ideological...
...several major principles, the candidates are saying much the same thing. Each pledges to place education among his top domestic priorities as President. Each argues that investing in education is vital to improve the United States' international economic fortunes and to ensure that all students have access to a college education, regardless of their income...
This campaign, Jackson is noticeably more restrained in his foreign policy platform, but his essential vision remains, and it is one that respects the rights of the oppressed. Unlike any other candidate now running, Jackson places South Africa at the top of his list of vital areas of concern...
...over the restive regions, there has been an undeniable upsurge in nationalist tendencies during the three years since Mikhail Gorbachev came to power and launched his campaign for greater openness. In a speech before the Central Committee two weeks ago, Gorbachev described the nationalities question as the "most fundamental, vital issue of our society" and called for a special Central Committee plenum to deal with the problem...
...hardly news in Washington that the drug thugs can undermine the integrity of vital institutions. The Bahamas, known among drug runners as "our aircraft carrier," serve as a transshipment point. Senate hearings last May and again last week pointed accusingly at the government of Prime Minister Lynden Pindling. Similar charges are now surfacing in the Jacksonville trial of Cocaine Kingpin Lehder, who in the late 1970s acquired parts of Norman's Cay, using its 3,000-ft. runway as a refueling point for drug loads. Former Lehder associates have testified that Pindling and other officials were paid hundreds of thousands...