Word: vitale
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...leather swivel chair with his left knee drawn up, his foot planted on the seat, his long, thin hands dangling, he seemed as relaxed as a ballplayer in midwinter. With his customary calm, he was facing tremendously important decisions on Communism, corruption, crime and the gamut of vital issues affecting the people of the U.S. The success of the Eisenhower Administration depends in large part on how well Brownell does...
South Korea, for instance, is primarily agricultural, North Korea having the great share of industrially vital water power and minerals. "Their only hope," he maintained, "is a close integration with the economy of Japan...
...British were delighted. "Only a fellow with a real understanding of statesmanship could have done it," said a Colonial Office man. All the same, Whitehall reserved the three vital ministries of Defense, Finance and Foreign Affairs for the white British members of the cabinet...
...jury of five museum men had picked the eleven to represent the U.S. in a grand prize ($12,670) competition to be held in London this March. Among all the 199 U.S. entries, they announced, "the abstract [sculpture] was what the jury considered the most vital." The New York Times had another word for the show: "Disappointing...
...Ingalls the mixture of Sanskrit scholarship and Indian history is vital, since he as long viewed them as inseparable. He is one of the few Sanskrit scholars to study the language in Indian. He and his wife sweltered almost a vear in Calcutta while Ingalls struggled through difficult tests with a logician poet called Kalipada...