Word: vital
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...area is so inhospitable that when Kashmir was split between India and Pakistan following the war in 1971, peace negotiators did not bother to draw the line through it. Patrols from the two countries skirmished on Siachen in 1982. Since then, Islamabad and New Delhi have decided that vital strategic interests, particularly the control of mountain passes bordering the glacier, are at stake. Today a total of 10,000 Indian and Pakistani troops occupy bases in the area. The high altitude makes it especially hazardous duty for soldiers. Indian officials say as many as 500 Indian troops on the glacier...
...Possibly the biggest battle of all is shaping up over the definition of who is a Jew. The issue is vital because Jews throughout the world have an automatic right to become Israeli citizens under the Law of Return. While children born of Jewish mothers are automatically Jewish, the ultras argue that converts to Judaism should not be considered Jews unless they were converted according to the halakhah -- effectively excluding those proselytized by Reform or Conservative rabbis...
Step one: Get a new i.d.(See figure 1.) This was absolutely vital because he needs that bursar's card for the next three years...
...large chunks of South Africa's vital export economy have proved to be relatively invulnerable to punitive measures. That has much to do with the glitter of gold, which accounts for more than half of the country's $22 billion in foreign earnings expected this year, up 3% from 1986. Paradoxically, even though gold shipments are not banned by most sanction imposers, including the U.S., world jitters about South African political turmoil have helped boost the price of gold over the past two years, from $280 per oz. to a current level of $463. Even producers of some banned commodities...
...think America has a vital interest topreserve in the Persian Gulf," Babbitt said. "Wemust assert that interest...