Word: vitality
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...warned of the demise of state power. He told us that "the preservation of the prerogatives of people of a sovereign state, their right to deal exclusively with domestic problems and the absolute and unqualified denial of a totalitarian state in the United States--these principles are just as vital as, and more intimately affect, the welfare of every man, woman and child in America than even such important questions as foreign policy ..." There is, of course, no meaning in this grandiose concoction of words. But whatever message the great orator might have had in mind was destroyed when...
...budget easily balanced by prudent management on the other. We have been sliding into one deficit after another through repeated recessions and persistent slack in our economy. If we were to try to force budget balance by drastic cuts in expenditures-necessarily at the expense of defense and other vital programs-we would not only endanger the security of the country; we would so depress demand, production and employment that tax revenues would fall and leave the Government budget still in deficit...
...Means place was 161 for Pat Jennings, the only liberal member of Virginia's House delegation, to 126 for Landrum. Since both Jennings and Tennessee's Bass are loyal Administration supporters, their election certainly strengthened the chances of passing the fiscal legislation President Kennedy believes is vital. But McCormack's inability to deliver his end of the bargain was an ominous sign, another reminder of the tenuous control the Administration's chief spokesman exercises over the Democratic Party in the House...
...looked as if the U.N. were in hot pursuit of its old foe. But no! To the astonishment of bug-eyed natives along the way, Moise was actually leading the blue helmets, urging his own tattered Katangese gendarmes to lay down their arms so the U.N. could re-open vital rail and road links...
These weapons, moreover, divert vital resources from the buildup of conventional forces to repel any non-nuclear attack on Europe. As Dean Acheson has pointed out, England, France and Germany could gain far greater control over day-by-day alliance strategy simply by contributing a larger share of NATO's conventional forces...