Word: vitality
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...they had achieved a measure of the personal understanding vital to the troubled months ahead...
...with his budget plans, with or without Administration approval. The bigger budget was needed, he insisted, to dig more bomb shelters, improve existing shelters, stockpile medicine and mobile hospitals, and expand the OCDM educational program. "I haven't received much encouragement yet," Ellis admitted, "but it is a vital interest of the President to expand and extend this program...
...Scyoc made five passes, then banked for a sixth. Just as the manuals said, the Sidewinder was shackled by safety devices. A hook-shaped pin immobilized the trigger; a toggle switch was in the nonfiring position; a vital circuit breaker was off. Yet somehow a Sidewinder got away. The horrified Van Scyoc could only radio: "Look out, one of my missiles has fired!" A second later the explosion sent the bomber crashing against the snow-covered side of Mount Taylor. At least three members of the eight-man crew managed to parachute to safety, and rescue parties began slogging through...
David Laurent, baritone, sang with a dark, rich tone well suited to this unprtentious work, but Phyllis Curtin, soprano, marred an otherwise good performance with slides where unadorned, precise pitch is vital...
...Stay Young and Vital, Cummings...