Word: vitality
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...desire for student power, while scarcely articulated as a cause for seizing the campus buildings, was a powerful element of the explosion. Discussion since the uprising has focused upon the methods by which students may exert more influence upon the government of an institution of which they are vital and integral parts. Participation in self-government is a natural human desire that today's students feel with greater urgency, particularly at institutions with highly selective admissions policies because they are much better educated than their predecessors, more sophisticated, in many respects more mature, and more interested in social problems than...
...privately-endowed university depends upon the experienced guidance of wise counselors and managers both inside and outside academic ranks, and also upon the financial and moral support of a large, organized body of alumni and friends. But their vital contribution must never obscure the essential quality of the institution: the university is a community of scholars, both teachers and students. Any tendency to treat a university as business enterprise with faculty as employees and students as customers diminishes its vitality and communal cohesion...
Play was and is vital for John. The emotional problems of his childhood remain. He is still moody, and, according to his aunt, still never shows emotion. John most of all needs the other Beatles to preserve his mental equilibrium. A constant complaint of his wife was the importance of the other Beatles in his life. He will not even consider a vacation without his "mates," his "Beatle buddies." When they momentarily parted ways, after the touring period was over, John was desperately unhappy. "I did try to go my own way...I had a few good laughs and games...
...excellent coverage that TIME gave to the debate on Viet Nam at the Democratic Convention contributed greatly to the public understanding of this historic debate. The war in Viet Nam is a most vital issue facing the American public, and this debate and its coverage gave the American people the opportunity to hear both sides of this issue and it is hoped that by such debates national policies may be altered...
When the liver fails completely, the results are so predictably fatal that doing anything that might provide relief is better than doing nothing. The healthy liver not only performs dozens of vital metabolic chores, it is also an essential purification plant, purging toxic wastes from the bloodstream. Even diseased, the liver has a remarkable capability: it can often regenerate its damaged cells and rebuild lost tissues. The problem is to keep the patient alive while the liver is taking a recuperative holiday...