Word: vitality
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...West Bank. This Administration has a multitude of means available to it, short of such blackmail, to make known its views to Israel. No Israeli government ever has been, or conceivably ever could be, blind to the views of an American President, whose friendship and support is vital. The Reagan Administration believes, from all the President and Secretary of State Alexander Haig have said to date, that Israel is a key, if not the central, player in our strategic planning for the Middle East, and, accordingly, full military and economic assistance is a high priority. This does not preclude...
...speech, Goldwater accused the Moral Majority and its kind of giving conservatism a bad name. "The religious issues of these groups [abortion, school prayer] have little or nothing to do with conservative or liberal politics," he said. "They are diverting us away from the vital issues that our Government needs to address," such as "national security and economic survival." To drag theological questions into public debate, in Goldwater's view, is dangerously unAmerican. Said he: "One of the great strengths of our political system always has been our tendency to keep religious issues in the background...
That irksome, boring, vital, rewarding, democratic experience...
...York City's South Bronx, where every child receives a federally funded free lunch because they are all below the poverty line, has purchased several dozen TI learning aids for remedial students. Helen Giuliano, an administrator in the district, believes that exposure to computers is vital for otherwise underprivileged children: "They are starting behind in basic literacy. Let's not let them get behind in computer literacy." Such logic still fails to persuade some educational administrators. "They see computers as a frill," Giuliano notes, "and we see them as the child's future...
Enthusiasts claim that Ebla could revise theories on the origins of Judaism, Christianity and Islam; alter many scriptural interpretations; make all current Bible translations obsolete; and require scholars to credit the Old Testament with greater historical accuracy. These and related matters are, of course, vital to millions of believers...