Word: vitality
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...repressive tactics, which included jailing political enemies and using military tribunals instead of civil courts to dispense justice. Babangida's bloodless, well- planned takeover was the fifth in Nigeria since it gained independence from Britain in 1960, and the third time in ten years that Babangida played a vital role in shaping a new leadership. This time, instead of turning over the government to someone else and returning to the barracks, Babangida seized power himself, declaring his intention to run "an open administration that is responsive to the yearnings and aspirations of all the people...
...President explained to the media Tuesday that there were 16 choke points--vital straits and canals through which supplies and raw materials are shipped to the West--that the Soviets would try to close...
According to our strategically minded President, U.S. military bases in the Philippines are vital to protect the choke points in Indonesia...
...Franz Kline: The Vital Gesture," which runs through March 2 at the Cincinnati Art Museum, is one of a lengthening list of distinguished exhibitions that will not be seen in New York City. No doubt, in one way, this only confirms that curators west of the Hudson can act without the writ of the Manhattan art world--no bad thing, considering some of the ways in which that writ has lately run. And yet for New York, it is a striking and rather ironic omission. Franz Kline (1910-62) is the only original member of the New York school whose...
Many towns contract out some of their most vital services. Since 1979 a company called Valley Fire has offered fire protection to part of Grants Pass, Ore. (pop. 15,080), which is located on both sides of the Rogue River. The city fire department is on the north side of the river, where most of the residents live. Valley Fire built a fire station on the south side, and supplies the equipment and a company of 46 fire fighters and a reserve force of 32. At least two fire fighters are on duty at all times...