Word: vitale
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...after the publication of The Waste Land in 1922. But like Hemingway, young American writers in Europe and at home were stunned by the reactionary sentiments being voiced by this pioneer poet--a man who, along with Ezra Pound, had created a new sense of the past as a vital part of the present and future, no longer as a static, restrictive force. Now, with his apocalyptic view of the decline of western civilization, Eliot seemed to argue the superiority of the past (and the European past, at that) over the future...
...Quick Remedies. Thus the action plans soon to be announced by Ford will be more vital than last week's meshing of new policymaking gears. The general shape of those plans now seems clear. Despite sharp differences over some specific measures, the summit conference produced no overwhelming objections from economists to the basic thrust of Ford's current policies: somewhat reduced Government spending and a continued mild crimp in the money supply. There was also general approval of Ford's plan to ease the impact of an economic slowdown on the poor through tax reforms...
...Russian tragedy may have been caused by an accidental ignition of fuel used in a non-nuclear warhead; they speculate that it may have caught fire while the rocket was still on the ship's missile launcher during a test firing. Although the Raskin-class destroyers were a vital part of the Soviet Mediterranean fleet in the mid-1960s, they have gradually been replaced by newer ships because they have no facilities for helicopters and their missiles can be used only against aircraft. Western experts suspect that the warships often suffered from serious engine defects, which caused fires...
...ranged from pollution of the oceans and the air to radioactive contamination in a nuclear war. Now researchers are turning their attention to the atmosphere's ozone layer, which protects all life below from a lethal overdose of the sun's ultraviolet light. Their ominous findings: the vital blanket of gas is so fragile that it might well be severely damaged or destroyed by large-scale atmospheric nuclear tests, to say nothing of military and civilian supersonic aircraft, and even the widespread use of aerosol sprays...
...viewpoint in common. That is, they're absolutely essential to the smooth functioning of the South Vietnamese effort. Without them the Republic of South Vietnam wouldn't be able to survive for long. One man claims his work on a surveillance device used to detect enemy radar operation is vital; without it the Vietnamese Air Force would be grounded. One thing becomes clear in these interviews: Even taking into consideration the technicians' collective sense of inflated self-importance, one begins to understand that the South Vietnamese could not become self-sufficient within the next few years, not in the circumstances...