Word: vitale
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...generally recognized that the present haphazard diversity of procedure frequently results in confusion, unfairness, and lowered standards. In a matter so vital to Harvard's scholarly reputation there seems to good reason why the slightest mystery or uncertainly should prevail. While no system is immune to some measure of abuse or exploitation, we believe that it is possible to establish a tenure system and a democratic procedure, based upon the principle of Departmental autonomy, which will do much to eliminate the uncertainties and inequities of the present methods...
...order that the preceding recommendations on rules of tenure may find effective application, and that the younger men in the University may share in the determination of Departmental policy, it is of vital importance that the structure and procedure of the several Departments be democratized...
...There is no use kidding ourselves. We have got to face this problem and we have got to face it together. ... It is not just Youth. To be sure it matters more to Youth. Youth wants to begin living, it is vital for them. But we have all got to face it and face it together. . . . This goes down to the roots of whether civilization goes on or civilization dies, as many civilizations have died in the past. It is nothing new for a civilization to come to the end. We have seen it happen over and over again...
Four months ago that verdict might have had the immediate political effect of winning Tom Dewey New York's Governorship. Last week its political effect was longterm, for Mr. Dewey a vital safety play rather than a touchdown. For old Jimmy Hines, whose attorney, hard-boiled Lloyd Paul Stryker, burst into tears, it meant a possible prison sentence of 25 years unless he appeals successfully...
Thus the strike had set up a perfect laboratory in which to test the most cherished and vital belief of all U. S. newspaper publishers: that local business cannot get along without them. Alarming result: it has gotten along quite well. In December, for instance, the bigger stores reported business up 6% over 1937; in January and February it was down 7% to 9% from 1938, about the same as in big-advertising New York City. At the same time merchants have saved up to 50% on their promotion and advertising budgets...