Word: vitality
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Figueres in his Havana speech told Cubans that the United States could be trusted and the business community of North America would be vital to Cuba's future. He tried to describe "the dangers of our American revolutions... The dictators have kept the demagogues under control, and now lets' hope the demagogues are not the deer eating our political crop...in spite of your very fine leadership. This made Fidel angry...he got the hint...
...Development tests of new weapons. Ogle's scientists will be trying to improve the vital weight-yield ratio-a bigger blast from a smaller package. Special attention will be paid to the nuclear warhead of the Nike Zeus, the missile being developed by the Army to intercept enemy warheads as they hurtle down on the U.S. To find out how the blast of a Nike Zeus will affect a missile at high altitudes, the scientists will make at least one test of the weapon on the warhead of an Atlas, one of the prime missiles in the U.S. arsenal...
...Vital to Harvard fortunes is the pitching staff. Sophomore Paul Del Kossi who has won all three of his starts and allowed earned runs per game, will pitch today against the Quakers. Del Rosel mixes his stuff well, and changes speeds with devastating effectiveness...
Since last October, the number of new houses started each month has dramatically declined-but applications for permits to build houses have steadily increased (see chart). Which of these "indicators" really foreshadows the future is a matter of vital importance to the U.S. economy, for construction now accounts for one-ninth of the gross national product...
...Only the world of crime is left as "a last refuge of the authentic, uncorrupted, spontaneous event." Boorstin's buckshot is indiscriminate and incessant; he blasts away at such riddled targets as publicity handouts and celebrity endorsements and searches out new underworlds to conquer. Museums merely conceal the "vital organs of a living culture," air travel "robs me of the landscape," highway travel discourages wayside stops. As a way of "meeting new people," sighs Boorstin, "even hitchhikers are slowly becoming obsolete...