Word: vital
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...success of Measure for Measure, it might be argued, lies in the tension between the comedy and the tragedy. Upset the balance and that vital tension can be lost. In the Adams production, the comedy gets so free a reign that the conterpoint suffers and the audience, rather than finding themselves intrigued by the comic possibilities of the script, find themselves more confused about when they should and should not laugh...
...Harvard doctors said that the disease-fighting lymphocytes, although a vital part of the body's general immune system, are often oriented to combat one specific type of disease. Therefore, they said, the extraction of lung cancer lymphocytes proved very effective in fighting lung cancer as well as bolstering the body's immunity system as a whole...
...last part of the novel would be a good text for anyone trying to understand Texas today. It is purely fictional, but it highlights the two vital Texan issues of today and tomorrow: oil generated economic expansion and the integration of Mexican Americans into Texas society. What do and will those two factors mean to Texas? Michener gives an account not only of the issues but also of the people and emotions behind them with an elegance that would put a sociologist to shame...
...group will research possible ways of locating and tracking incoming missiles, and said that a "multi-layered" ground-, air-and space-based tracking system could make SDI a reality. He estimated it might take somewhere in the range of one-half million to one million satellites to protect vital areas of the United States...
Soviet officials have denied Sakharov permission to leave the country on the grounds that he has vital state security information...