Word: vitality
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Bringing new blood into faculty is vital to maintaining excellence, and we know institutions are having problems attracting young professors due to lack of tenure openings," Fulman said...
...cradle of civilization be its grave.' Well, now the threat is true. A Middle East war could never be contained." The moderate Arabs to whom Nixon talked liked Egypt's new President, Hosni Mubarak, better than Sadat, Nixon found. But it is vital, he argues, that the U.S. should push ahead with the Camp David peace plan, that the Palestine Liberation Organization must recognize Israel's right to exist ("That can happen") and that this country "not allow a vacuum to be left on the Palestinian issue...
...Soviet-U.S. disagreements over the Middle East and Afghanistan. You say the Middle East [including the Persian Gulf] is an area of vital interest to the U.S. Yet on the other hand you think the Soviet Union should tolerate attacks by interventionists and provocateurs against friendly regimes on its borders. The Reagan Administration proclaims U.S. interests everywhere, yet when the other side does something, it is seen as contrary to U.S. interests. The security of the Soviet Union is as much affected by the stability of the Middle East as is the security of the U.S. The distance from...
...where different ethnic groups advance into the higher realms of society and economy only by playing by the rules. No one will deny hard work and perseverance as signposts to the path of success, but the world of Sowell and other "human capital" economists requires much more. The vital ingredient to playing the game in ethnic America has been investing in skills, and the most crucial viaduct, education. German Americans brought skills in both crafts and entrepreneurship from the old country and secured a place for their descendents. Jews and Japanese invested heavily in education and reached the pinnacles...
...Winning would give my career a vital boost" seems to have been the motto which determined his entire course of action. It is hardly surprising that his alma mater, the Met, should decide not to display this disciple of Machiavelli's book in its shop. Persistence and ruthlessness marked him from the beginning as the epitome of the successful collector and curator. Despite the excitement and acventure of the contest for the cross, the value of King of the Confessors lies in the questions it raises about the acquisition process. Hoving has written a more provocative book than he intended...