Word: vitale
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...last few years, the Lampoon seems to have been living off its longstanding reputation as the most vital source of humor at Harvard, basking cockily in the recent success of alumni Conan C. O'Brien '85 and a number of writers for "The Simpsons." Whole semesters have gone by with scarcely a word from the Castle, and some of the Lampoon's magazines have been so dull as to make one wonder if they weren't Demon-orchestrated counterfeits, produced to sully the organization's name...
...They are a vital resource for us to keep in contact with home," he said. "They've been great in reaching out to students in universities...
...team that has been held scoreless in three of their first seven games, these goals were vital, both for the win and for the moral of the team...
...every standard medical and logical, Henry Jackson, lying unconscious in a New Jersey hospital on his 32nd birthday, was finished. Massive internal hemorrhaging had drained him of 90% of his blood. His level of hemoglobin--the vital, oxygen-carrying compound in his red cells--had plummeted from a normal reading of 13 to an ominous 1.7, a number that one of his doctors characterized as "incompatible with survival." A blood transfusion could save him, but his wife, torn between her husband's life and their beliefs as Jehovah's Witnesses--a religious community that prohibits transfusions because of biblical references...
...massive immune response can also cause fluid to leak from blood vessels throughout the body. This leads not only to dehydration and deterioration of vital organs but also to a dangerous drop in blood pressure, which can result in shock. Indeed, many patients admitted to burn units are already in shock and unable to feel the pain that would be overwhelming if they were conscious...