Word: vital
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...with a little help from the Good Lord and his own wits, Pryor managed to escape from it all, although not entirely unscathed. Pryor excuses his own drunken stupors and coke-induced delirium as vital relief from comic pain. After all, Lenny Bruce and scores (pun intended) of others set the precedent...
With the space shuttle program on indefinite hold since the Challenger disaster last Jan. 28, the Pentagon has been counting on its powerful unmanned ^ Titan rockets to fill the void by carrying vital spy satellites into space. One Titan tried to lift an advanced photographic satellite into orbit last August, but the flight was aborted shortly after launch from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base. On a second try last week, another Titan exploded right after lift...
Thatcher had other reasons too for assisting the Reagan Administration. She reminded M.P.s of the vital American military assistance in recapturing the Falkland Islands from Argentina four years ago: "We received splendid support from the U.S., far beyond the call of duty." Added one Whitehall official: "We owed Washington...
...have learned to love teaching through my University of Colorado class at the Graduate School of Public Affairs. It's imperative the issues I consider vital be shared with our next generation of leaders. Dartmouth is a fine place to find such students...
...terrors of Harvard Square fulfill a vital function for the University, one very much like that played by the swamps and crocodiles around Devil's Island. No matter how badly a prisoner or student may want to escape, five minutes outside the gate will have him screaming to get back...