Word: vitale
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Further, it is important to keep public service costs in a proper perspective. The Postal Service provides a vital service to all the public and to our nation's commercial institutions. Recent modifications to the Social Security law alone will lead to over $227 billion in additional taxes over the next ten years, and total taxes for that system will be almost $1.9 trillion for the same period. In other words, the H.R. 7700 appropriation, if it were continued at the projected Fiscal Year 1980 rate for ten years, would total only about 8% of the new tax increases...
...over the world. Spending a higher percentage of its gross national product on weaponry and troops than the U.S. does, Russia is striving to outstrip American military prowess in many areas. This means that a secret service capable of ferreting out Soviet intentions as well as capabilities is vital to U.S. security. Says Cord Meyer Jr., a much-decorated retired CIA official: "We need a very, very alert advance warning capability, not only for weapons but for times when Soviet leaders may have reached a decision or when they are tending toward a decision...
...containable. Says a top West German intelligence officer: "The CIA'S work is still very good, but it's not up to past lev els. What the CIA urgently needs now is to settle down, get a clear sense of direction and confidence again. This is vital for all of us, not just those in intelligence work...
...appalled at the general tenor of Mr. Peter Melnick's article on minority recruitment which appeared in the January 23, 1978 Crimson and amazed at the number of erroneous attributions and misrepresentations contained therein. Since the recruitment of talented minority students is one of the vital concerns of the Admissions Committee and Mr. Melnick's article contained so many misimpressions and fabrications, I am compelled to set the record straight on two of the more egregious inaccuracies...
...logic of that gibberish. A large part of the problem has been ubiquitous ignorance about what those 14 million people--a fifth of the work force--do for a living. Admittedly, the general public always seems to know least about, and take most for granted, those professions that are vital to the bodily functions of society. But there are a lot more myths about women who decide to file, type and answer telephones for a living than there are about men who take away garbage...