Word: vitale
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...long run, however, recognition of China is vital if the United States is to destroy the awesome level of ignorance that has pervaded its policies in the Far East. Since the McCarthy era's purge of the State Department's China hands, infrequent reassessments of U.S.-China relations have fallen upon an ignorant, almost immature, China desk. The costs of this ignorance have been staggering. While it is more dramatic to suggest proximate solutions to redress the triangular balance of power, it is this deep-seated myopia that must first be corrected. Until full diplomatic relations are established...
...vital cogs in Cornell's attack are sprint-out style quarterback Jim Hofer and blithe tailback Joe Holland, who graduated last year but is still eligible because of his transfer status from Michigan. Holland has been a one-man dynamo so far with 369 yards carrying in 67 rushes, compared to 34 carries in all of last year. "Quite frankly," says Blackman, "we didn't expect that much from him because he just wasn't that impressive when he carried the ball last year...
...post-Sharpville economy." Individuals of somewhat different political sensibilities hold exactly the same view. Anglo-American, the multibillion dollar conglomerate the dominates the South African economy, offers this official word on Charles Engelhard: "In difficult times, when South Africa was badly in need of capital, Engelhard played a vital and signifigant role in helping to bring it from abroad. He thus not only restored confidence in the country's economy, but actively assisted in boosting...
...majority of new planes are going to businessmen," says Ed Stimpson, president of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association. One reason is that the nation's corporate structure is becoming increasingly decentralized, its manufacturing plants scattered around the country. Claims Stimpson: "The company plane is seen today as a vital business tool, a real timesaving machine...
...reprints some 300 pages of anti-CIA articles that have been published elsewhere, including tips on how to identify undercover agents through public documents. But the book's appendix, 415 yellow pages, is a dossier on more than 700 CIA operatives, most of them in Western Europe, listing their vital statistics, including names, work experience and home addresses. Aptly named Dirty Work, the tome is the latest broadside in ex-CIA officer Philip Agee's campaign to "contribute to the growing opposition to what the CIA is and what it does...