Word: vitality
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Society. Though he retains a strong emotional identification with the deprived and spurned citizens of his own and other societies, he recognizes that the civil rights revolution, in which he was an early hero at the barricades, has reached a stage at which his own involvement is no longer vital. And, as a letter to the President signed by 100 student leaders across the nation showed last week, he has become increasingly perturbed...
...There is doubt that America's vital interests are sufficiently threatened in Viet Nam to necessitate the growing commitment there...
...There is doubt that such vital interests are best protected by this growing commitment...
...G.I.s' yeoman performance, vital as it was, did nothing to cool the tempers of the striking longshoremen. At issue were 288 jobs at the U.S. port facility named Newport, being built four miles up the Saigon River to handle military shipments and relieve the choking congestion of Saigon port proper. From the beginning, Newport was planned as a wholly U.S.-operated military port, with American soldiers of the 71st Transportation Battalion doing the stevedoring and all the other work. The idea was to minimize pilferage, the chances of sabotage, and the risk of U.S. military equipment's falling...
There is more to learning than books and lectures. The free, open and continuous discussion of important issues is one of the most vital functions of a great university. It is essential that students, administrators and faculty be jointly engaged in such continuous discussion and communication...