Word: vital
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Harvard Square is a vital part of the city, because of its character, not just its revenue-per-square-foot, and must be protected against this kind of development," Baron said. "And if Harvard Square continues to be mallized, we will not only have lost a unique area, but we will have built a wasteland...
...defendant, present in the courtroom for all this, was a young man accused of gun possession. To me, if not to the judge, that distinction seemed to indicate at least the possibility that the man who now knew all of our vital statistics had a gun! I can't speak for anyone else, but when I was eventually called, I was not at all thrilled to be telling Mr. Colt 45 my life story. But that was just the beginning...
...crucial clues are likely to be gleaned from the 747's so-called black boxes (now actually colored bright orange): one that records the cockpit's communications with ground control and another that monitors the plane's vital functions. Given the sudden end of the flight, the second box may provide more useful data. Experts, however, may be able to detect the "signature sounds" of a bomb explosion on the cockpit voice recorder. Last week the sturdily armored recorders were still beneath the sea, but there were indications on Saturday that the steady beeps given off by the black boxes...
...sore point between the Palestinians and Netanyahu's government. Silver reports that Arafat's point of view is that all the security concerns have already been negotiated and accepted by the previous government. Meanwhile, Netanyahu continues to hold a hardline stance, refusing to meet with Arafat unless it becomes vital to Israel's security. -->