Word: vitale
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...early Spring of 1948, the new-born Crimson Key Society set up shop. Since then, it has steadily grown, expanded its activities, assumed a more vital role at the College...
...panel members also agreed concerning the vital role which journalism plays in a free society. Calling it "the keystone of a democratic society," Crider said that in his opinion "the press should be called the first rather than the fourth estate...
...though, the office cannot satisfy employers. For example, one Mid-Western manufacturer of ladies' underwear, has for years past asked for graduates from the College to do sales work for him. Many lingerie-minded students have tried for the job, but all have failed. They never met the apparently vital specification that they be between five foot ten and six feet one tall...
Career: Byroade is a Regular Army colonel, on loan to the State Department. During World War II, he built air bases in India for the vital "Hump" route and 6-29 bases in China. General Marshall made Byroade his right-hand man during the ill-fated Chinese truce negotiations of 1945-46. He was temporary brigadier general at 32. Marshall brought Byroade to State, where he became chief of the German Affairs Bureau...
...year-at Nova Scotia's Dalhousie University in Halifax. When he arrived in Halifax, aged 22, he was almost broke and had to borrow $100 to tide him over until his first payday. One of his colleagues recalls: "He was a typical good young M.I.T. graduate-vital, clean-cut, tireless, very, very fit, and very, very pleasant." He was also a good teacher...