Word: vitality
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...biggest reductions would go to the very poor and the very rich. Reagan would eliminate many of the tax breaks that wealthy persons in particular use to shelter their income. At the same time, he would preserve three deductions that are immensely popular with the middle class and thus vital to the reform plan's chances of success: those for interest paid on primary home mortgages, for gifts to charity and for medical expenses...
...than four times the population of California -- are crammed into an area the size of Wisconsin. The cyclone aggravated already serious problems. It shattered much of the economic fabric of Bangladesh's coastal areas, leaving at least 30,000 cattle dead, about 3,000 sq. mi. of cropland ravaged, vital fishing grounds wasted. It also left tens of thousands of subsistence farmers both shelterless and penniless...
...closeness with his roommates was to be vital in sustaining Doyle during a time of real adversity, injury a devastating injury almost ended the erstwhile star's career...
...urge the administration to provide answers to these vital questions. Without them, Harvard cannot forthrightly claim that it is following up on last year's promise actively to combat the harassment problem. And without them, Douglas Hibbs's resignation will serve as little more than a sad reminder that Harvard can be a miserable place for women to make their way in the world...
...should not be abandoned just because they have been less than 100% effective. Seen against the predictions of 20 years ago, the fact that so few phantom proliferators exist today is, as France's Goldschmidt puts it, "a miracle." The nonproliferation treaty and the safeguards system still provide a vital framework for preserving the miracle. It is significant that the countries considered to be the greatest proliferation risks today are those that refuse to sign the treaty. That is proof, says Proliferation Expert Van Doren, that "most countries have some respect for their commitments." Says Herbert Kouts, chairman...