Word: vitality
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Normally, weapons would not have been stockpiled in such great quantities in one place. But in April the fleet had conducted the largest Soviet naval maneuvers ever in the North Atlantic; the missiles would have played a vital defensive role in the war games. A senior officer in the British Royal Navy says that if the damage estimates are accurate, "the Soviet northern fleet could not put to sea as a viable combat force for some months...
...intelligence with the Saudi air force: a hotline from Saudi ground-control systems immediately transmits information from the patrolling American AWACS radar planes. Kuwait could also be shielded from unfriendly fire by what amounts to a Saudi umbrella. Kuwait has no oil pipeline, and the Saudi shield could be vital in ensuring the safety of tankers and thus protecting the country's oil revenues, which constitute about half of its gross domestic product. To calm the apprehensions of customers, the Kuwaitis have already offered to use their own tankers to carry their oil to commercial ships anchored outside...
Hall comes to Harvard with 20 years of experience in a "rapidly growing field that is of vital importance to the University," said Robert Scott, vice president for administration. Scott added that Hall's training covers a wide range of information techaology areas including finances, networking, engineering, research, and instruction...
...hand. Of all the ways in which Soviet-U.S. relations have declined over the past year, none is more ominous than the breakdown in strategic arms control. Of all the challenges facing both leaderships in the months and years ahead, the resumption of arms control is the most vital...
...some secret place, where every secret is wrapped in another secret, some political figure of great power took note of this most grave situation [the imposing rise of Solidarity in the summer of 1980]and, mindful of the vital needs of the Eastern bloc, decided it was necessary to kill Pope Wojtyta...