Word: vitality
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...colored people: "I like a nigger-if he knows he's a nigger. I like my mule, but when he forgets he's a mule, I don't like him any more." The South's race trouble emerged in its true perspective, as a vital but not all-consuming fact of Southern life...
...ward off delay if a more vital component should fail-something that cannot be so easily replaced-Bell engineers have built into the system many alternative ways for the central to restart itself after a few millionths of a second of hesitation. While testing these precautions recently, they made a disquieting discovery: the loyal and resourceful machine was using an emergency procedure that had not been programmed into it by human brains. Poking into the mazes of wires with their clumsy human hands, the engineers found one wire that had been connected accidentally to a terminal that led nowhere. Says...
...each day that Souvanna survives represents a clear gain for the U.S. And should he be toppled by a Red coup, U.S. troops are already in position in neighboring Thailand to secure both banks of the vital Mekong valley...
...pugnacious foresight of Teddy Roosevelt gave the Republic of Panama its No. 1 asset-the Panama Canal. Under a historic treaty, signed in 1903 and renegotiated in 1955, the U.S., which has spent more than $1.5 billion to build and improve the canal, retains control over the vital Atlantic-Pacific seaway "in perpetuity." This point has long galled the nationalistic Panamanians and has touched off anti-American riots throughout Panama...
Under U.S. pressure, Boun Oum and General Phoumi agreed at the start to give up the key Defense and Interior ministries in return for Prince Souvanna Phouma's promise that all important decisions in these vital areas be made by mutual consent-although no one was sure how a government could function effectively under such conditions. After an hour's talk, the delegates emerged for a breather and a good cigar. In a surprisingly mellow mood...