Word: vitality
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...many, his definition of threats probably seems dangerously broad. But the Administration could be forced by practical considerations to decide which military missions are really vital, and which merely seem desirable. The Army's plain-spoken new Chief of Staff, General John Wickham (see following story), came close to warning that the U.S. has taken on more military responsibilities than it can handle. The U.S. "contingency needs," the general said, "probably exceed the force capabilities." In other words, with almost half of his 791,000-troop Army now overseas, Wickham, like many of his colleagues, feels logistically overcommitted...
Such an effort is well worth making. There are compelling reasons why a Communist Central America would be dangerous to U.S. interests: the threat to the Panama Canal and vital Caribbean shipping lanes; the worldwide blow to the prestige of an America that could not stop the spread of a hostile force in what Reagan has called the nation's "front yard." Finally there is the threat that U.S. leaders rarely mention but that weighs heaviest on the minds of geopolitical analysts, namely, that successful Marxist revolutions in the small states of the isthmus could pull Mexico to the left...
...vital to world financial stability mainly because it serves as a catalyst for private lending. The agency makes loans only to countries that agree to launch programs to restore their economic health. Once such measures are adopted, commercial banks are usually willing to lend more to the troubled countries. Earlier this year, for example, Mexico was able to get $5 billion in new credit from private banks only after it agreed to cut public spending and received a $3.8 billion commitment from...
...animals' brains as well as in their spinal cords. At Saint Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C., for instance, Neuroscientist William Freed has treated rats with fetal cell implants to relieve symptoms resembling Parkinson's disease in humans. The implanted cells are capable of producing dopamine, a vital brain chemical lacking in the afflicted rats and in Parkinson's patients. Such techniques used with humans, some researchers believe, may lead to a cure for Parkinson's disease within five to ten years. Eventually, it may also become possible to repair the spinal cords of paraplegics and regenerate...
Foreign operations are vital to IBM. Overseas business accounted...