Word: vitality
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There may be several good lessons in all this. Having a clearly defined goal is shown again to be the core of successful statecraft. Being consistent is another vital ingredient. Having help from home does wonders too. The news that the U.S. had made more progress in oil conservation than any of the other nations deepened the impact of Carter's words on everyone. There is little question that at last the President moved with some confidence and understanding among the other leaders...
Said to Soldier his departure: "We are not the other's Pact, held together by one nation's tanks. Our alliance is based on understanding, not demands; on listening to each other's voices, not dictating terms... That is what makes these summit meetings so vital-and so difficult at times...
Said Carter: "This represents a strategic challenge to the vital interests of the West, and the industrial democracies must face it together." He warned the allies against being tempted "into a false belief that somehow America or Europe can be an island of detente while aggression is carried out elsewhere." Pertini responded by urging the other nations of Western Europe to unite and "put aside our egoism and individual interests...
Virtually nothing is as vital to the Western world as secure oil supplies. Yet nothing seems so far from reach. By their failure to blunt the initiatives of OPEC or develop their own energy sources, the U.S. and other oil-importing nations have left themselves vulnerable to oil-fired crises that would be havoc-wreaking. They include internal revolutions in the Middle East, war over oil supplies and financial ruin for many countries...
...gold reserves to compete with Western buyers on the already strained world oil market. This would push prices higher and cause incalculable economic turmoil. Or the Soviets could try to conquer Persian Gulf oilfields, which begin just across their southern border. Kremlin leaders flatly deny that they covet oil vital to the industrial West, but intelligence sources report that even Saudi Arabian leaders have held informal talks with the Soviets about the possibility of selling crude in exchange for Soviet aid in refinery construction. Given the political instability of most Middle Eastern regimes, many Western experts fear the Soviets could...