Word: vitale
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...chairman of the Ways & Means Committee, Arkansas' Mills automatically becomes the chairman of the Democratic Committee on Committees, which makes the party's House committee assignments. These are as vital to the career of every Congressman as they are to the efficient operation of House machinery. Through Mills, Rayburn can see to it that a promising youngster gets a good committee. If he kicks loose from the party traces too often, a Gentleman from Iowa, say, may find himself a member of the Merchant Marine & Fisheries Committee ("I don't mind them voting against the party sometimes," says Rayburn...
...most vital piece of intelligence since World War II was the report laid on President Truman's desk on Sept. 23, 1949, stating that the Russians had exploded their first atomic bomb. The report was the handiwork of no secret agent but a highly secret, highly effective U.S. detection system sensitive enough to pick up traces of important Soviet land or air bursts. For the first time the name of the hero of the system slipped into public print last week, when President Eisenhower presented a Distinguished Federal Civilian Service Award to Atomic Detective Doyle L. (for Langdon) Northrup...
...this progress seems to lack any clear objective beyond that of maintaining Harvard's high academic standing and standards. And while this is an undeniably praiseworthy goal, it does not embody any vital or constructive concept of the purpose of a Harvard College education...
...development proves commercially successful, missile engineers will have greater flexibility in designing vital molybdenum parts for missiles. Molybdenum parts are now made by pressing or melting the powdered metal into ingots or billets, then forging, machining or extruding it. The new casting method may permit not only more intricate shapes but also lower costs, since the process may cut the number of steps necessary. But the major U.S. moly producer, American Metal Climax, Inc.. cautioned that it may be some time before the casting method becomes commercially feasible...
Under the guidance of Director Gordon Smith, the Albright is energetically pursuing a policy of buying the quick instead of the dead, the controversial instead of the safe. If, as seems likely, abstract expressionism establishes itself as the most vital painting of the period, the Albright will become a No. 1 center for serious students...