Word: vitality
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Nonetheless, the conventions, as pageants and pep rallies and political institutions, will continue to serve an important function. For all their tedium, their cost and their predictability, they are a vital link between the presidential candidates and the nation in the age of television...
Reagan emphasized that a Government reduced in size would help all Americans who share a "community of values," a belief in family, work, neighborhood, peace and freedom. Creating new jobs was vital. "Thanks to the economic policies of the Democratic Party, millions of Americans find themselves out of work ... It's time to put America back to work ... For those without skills, we'll find a way to help them get new skills. For those without job opportunities, we'll stimulate new opportunities, particularly in the inner cities where they live...
...Reagan-Ford ticket would have been hard to beat; the Reagan-Bush combination was more vulnerable. "Initially, the impression may be that Bush is a moderate," he said. "But Bush has had to accept a platform that puts the Republican Party outside the mainstream." Anderson's assessment: "The vital political center of the U.S. is still valid for my campaign...
...Base in Georgia, the American fighters were joining a sister squadron of 35 Egyptian Phantoms for three months of joint maneuvers. The training exercises, first to be held by American forces in the Middle East in several years, were a striking symbol of Egypt's emergence as a vital partner of the U.S. in the region...
...future return to better economic times, however, will not solve the deep-seated problem of declining key U.S. industries. Automobiles, steel and rubber are all operating at Depression levels, plagued by aging plants, declining productivity, entrenched labor unions, restrictive Government regulations and fierce foreign competition. Highways and railroads, the vital infrastructure needed to transport goods, are badly deteriorated. In major industries like farm machinery and consumer electronics, foreign manufacturers have captured increasingly large shares of the U.S. market. America has fallen behind important world competitors, such as Japan and West Germany, in capital formation, saving and investment, spending on research...