Word: vitale
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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This is the opposite of what Israel does and has done over the years. Although firm and vital-and described as "special" -Israel's relationship with the United States never prevented her from sacrificing American interests to serve her own ambitious and expansionist plans. This is a fact that the whole world has recently realized, and I hope America has adequately realized it too. I believe that the United States has a big responsibility, not only as a superpower that should promote the establishment of peace in this region but also toward herself and her interests in this important...
...central banker is a matter of both substance and style, and for too long the U.S. has paid only passing attention to how the rest of the world sees its actions from either perspective. The perils of the U.S.'s ignoring its responsibilities go beyond economic stability, vital as that is. Just as war is too important to be left to generals, international finance has become too essential to be entrusted to money traders. If the U.S. cannot develop effective policies to pursue for the health of the world economy, or its own self-interest, can it be trusted...
...system of accountability compromised when the Supreme Court, whose Justices are not elected, makes vital decisions about Government policy...
...went to De Matha, Catlett, now an electronics executive, turned to Wootten for guidance. Says he: "In my neighborhood, I could have gotten into all kinds of trouble. Morgan could be a friend, coach or manly role model-depending on what was needed at the time. He was a vital influence in my life...
Dilly said it best: "Nothing is impossible." That conviction shaped the lives of the four Knox brothers. For Dilwyn, the second-born son, it meant breaking the vital German flag code in World War I and finding a crucial key to the Germans' baffling Enigma machine in World War II. For Ronald, youngest and most celebrated of the four, it meant translating a Roman Catholic English Bible-Old and New Testaments-from the Latin Vulgate. For Eldest Brother Edmund it meant a painstaking ascension to the Fleet Street pantheon as editor of Punch. Wilfred, the third-born son, chose...