Word: vitality
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...make Radcliffe a residential college modeled on the Harvard House plan. With only minimal consultation with undergraduates. Mrs. Bunting has committed herself to a mammoth $7.5 million fund-raising drive to complement a gift from the Ford Foundation for undergraduate dormitory housing. Her plans fail to deal with the vital question of whether girls should be forced to live in the clearly restrictive, prep-school atmosphere of a dormitory, however lavish, rather than in the free environment of an apartment of off-campus house...
...Viet Nam!" they cry, ignoring the how and when. No matter that power and politics are vital necessities in a troubled world. As they see it, the U.S. is evil if it uses violence-even to combat violence. Dropouts from the body politic-to say nothing of reality-they have been beguiled by constant reminders of their freedom to protest. The right to dissent is subtly reworked until any dissent becomes right. And any criticism of that dissent is exaggerated into a wrongheaded, repressive attack...
...Juniors Vital...
...times during his 28-minute speech. He drew an ovation when he touched, ever so lightly, on the delicate topic of antiwar protests. "In evaluating the enemy strategy, it is evident to me that he believes our Achilles heel is our resolve," said Westmoreland. "Your continued strong support is vital to the success of our mission." But he roused his audience to its greatest enthusiasm when, toward the very end, he declared forcefully: "Backed at home by resolve, confidence, patience, determination and continued support, we will prevail in Viet Nam over the Communist aggressor...
...himself as a presidential candidate in 1968, was sounding out Republicans in the South -landing a few well-placed jabs at the itinerant Alabamian in the process. Speaking in Little Rock, Ark., to some 2,500 members of Governor Winthrop Rockefeller's husky new G.O.P., Romney emphasized the "vital importance" of the South's growing two-party system, and derided Wallace's talk of a third party as "tilting at windmills...