Word: vitality
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...COLLECTED STORIES OF ANDRE MAUROIS. In 38 tales framed as conversations, recollections and letters, the late distinguished partisan in the battle of the sexes tours the terrain of women who are either wise or foolish, vital or declining, in love or remembering what it was like...
...Johnson, moreover, has failed to perform the crucial executive function of charting a clear course for the future. One top economist complains that Johnson's close-to-the-vest method of operation, perfected during 24 years in Congress, has left major institutions stumbling around in the dark on vital policy decisions until the last possible moment...
...becomes a man. Growing up is a dialectical process that requires things that one can push against in order to become stronger. It takes limited war against worthy opponents; a child matures by testing himself against limits set by loving adults. Study after study shows that two things are vital to a child's later independence. First, warmly firm parents who admire each other and on whom he can model himself while breaking away. Second, opportunities to prove his competence in work and love. It is often said that all this is dead in America...
Some surgery is very dangerous if certain anatomic formations exist in a diseased heart, he said. The direct view of the heart, available through the fiber optics instrument, gives vital information without risking dangerous surgery...
...true that the present draft of the RUS Constitution fudges over one vital question--to what extent will students participate in Council meetings. As now drafted students would vote "only on matters directly concerning students." It does not specify whether students or administration are to define these matters. This question must be met with constructive thought by both administration and students, but it is a question which can be resolved...