Word: vitality
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Bach, as vital a man as there ever was, has inevitably become part of that myth: in the Thomaskirche, his stained-glass window is near Luther's. In East Germany, as in most of the world, he has overshadowed his countryman Handel, who had the effrontery to defect to the West before it was politically necessary. And there Bach is praised for giving "artistic expression to the people's aspirations and endeavors for peace." But he is impervious to political manipulation, as Luther and Wagner are not. He was not seduced by the devil, who tempted so many others...
...Soviets believe, for example, that they should be able to invade and occupy Afghanistan because it adjoins a border where they feel vulnerable to Chinese subversion and Islamic upheaval. Never mind that an American ally, Pakistan, as well as vital American interests in the Persian Gulf, is jeopardized as a result. The Soviets claim the right to have "fraternal" relations with Fidel Castro, whose rule they underwrite to the tune of about $11 million a day, but they accept no responsibility for his mischief making in Latin America and Africa. They insist on cosponsoring with the U.S. any negotiated settlement...
...time. When Creighton's heart failed on Wednesday, he was put on a heart-lung machine, a device used to pump and oxygenate blood during heart surgery. The machine could be used safely for only three or four hours before causing serious damage to blood cells and ultimately to vital organs...
...Reagan seemed on the verge last week of rescuing the controversial missile yet again from a funding cutoff by the Legislative Branch. In a highly polished lobbying campaign, he spoke to 150 members of Congress in small groups at the White House, constantly stressing that the U.S. would lose vital leverage in Geneva without the MX, which is scheduled to come up for a series of funding votes in the next few weeks. Using his favorite name for the missile, the President pleaded with one group: "Let us not unilaterally weaken our position as we begin the talks. The worst...
...approval for an increase in U.S. economic and military aid to the Philippines for fiscal 1986 from $225 million to $275 million. Much of the funding will come out of a five-year, $900 million package agreed to by Washington in 1983 in exchange for the maintenance of two vital U.S. installations in the Philippines, Clark Air Base and Subic Bay Naval Base. That commitment complicates Washington's difficulties in weighing its reservations about the Marcos regime against its worries about the insurgency. "I think the Americans have made up their minds that the incumbent government may have spent...