Word: vitale
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that under the new constitution the 212,000 whites will still have a special status. Though they account for only 4% of the population, they are guaranteed 28 of the 100 seats in the parliament, and for ten years will have control, through a complex veto provision, over such vital areas as the judiciary, the civil service and the security forces. The whites are also guaranteed at least five of the new cabinet posts, presumably including one for Ian Smith...
...sure, does not exist in a vacuum; its troubles are a symptom of a wider malaise. The White House shapes the policy in which the CIA plays a vital part. If there is indecision at the top and lack of a coherent strategy, the CIA will not be properly employed...
Thus when it came to launching the Ohio, the first of the Trident A-subs, at Electric Boat's Groton yard, the toughest thing Glenn said was, "Verification must be better defined ... or we risk having this vital treaty disapproved [by the Senate] or sent back to the President for further directed negotiating...
...this potent technology has also led several countries to try to acquire nuclear weapons on their own. Persuading them not to do this has become a desperate diplomatic crusade of the Carter Administration. Washington's opposition to expanding the nuclear club is often at odds with other vital U.S. objectives and subjects the White House to charges of fumbling or incompetence. South Africa and Pakistan last week be came cases in point...
...provincial Premiers who are hungry to expand their powers at Ottawa's expense, Trudeau cast himself as the champion of a government strong enough to defend the national interest from the provinces or anywhere else. Said he, by way of illustration: "The energy needs of Canadians are too vital a matter to be left in the hands of the Exxon Corp. of New York or the provincial government of Alberta...