Word: vitale
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...chaotic shipping world, which has far more tonnage than is usable, the Soviets do indeed have some vital economic advantages. They do not have to charge the 12.5% to 15% increases scheduled by the various price-fixing conferences for 1978. Wage costs for their crews are laughably low by U.S. standards-$97 a month for the master, $31 for an ordinary seaman. The vessels are fueled at costs that are fully 75% below those of other nations. Thus, under present circumstances the Soviet ships seem likely to pick up more and more cargo...
...business area and residential neighborhoods were decaying, bored young people were leaving to find work elsewhere and the municipal future seemed all too bleak. Today Columbus (pop. 30,000) is a city transformed. Rising dramatically on a flood plain between Indianapolis and Louisville, it has become a bustling, vital community, a showcase of contemporary architecture-and the envy of urban redevelopers everywhere...
...meet remained close through the first seven events, with B.U. taking a 7-0 advantage after a win in the opening 400-yd. Medley Relay. But in the event it did not win, the Harvard team picked up the vital seconds and thirds that eluded it all last year, and stayed close until after the required diving. Then a string of four Harvard wins, including a one-two-three sweep in the 200-yd. backstroke, ran the Crimson women's point total to 68, topping the magic number 67 needed to insure...
Calling the proposed Canal treaty "this non-event of the century", Arpad J. Von Lazar, Fletcher School Professor of International Politics at Tufts, said last night htat it is vital the U.S. straighten out the issue before the coming election year...
...proficient with observation satellites, interception of foreign radar and microwave communications, and other secret esoterica, but the notion that technology can extensively replace manpower in intelligence work is hotly disputed. Contends James Angleton, former chief of counterintelligence at the agency: "Technical intelligence devoid of human intelligence is dangerous. Lacking vital on-site inspection, you must have the capability to penetrate the enemy's deception plans." Agents also argue that U.S. satellites can now be knocked out by Soviet "hunter-killer" satellites and thus could be rendered useless in a crisis. One former high-level insider warns: "We would...