Word: vitality
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...questions have no simple answers, and most people are still unfamiliar with the issues involved. But a few state legislatures, led by lawmakers in New York, are starting to consider bills to resolve some of the controversies swirling around HIV testing. The outcome of the debates will be of vital importance to the youngest generation of aids sufferers...
Vietnam and Laos have ample reason to protect the region, if only to preserve vital watersheds and forests and to help halt the desertification that is slowly drying out much of Asia. The area also has global importance. Taxonomists believe it might be one of the best places in the world for studying biodiversity and how it evolves. Scientists have not even begun to examine the biological riches contained in the rugged hills. Says Arctander: "If mankind wants to preserve biodiversity, it makes sense to start in places like Vu Quang, which have proved able to sustain biodiversity...
...target (as when economic pressure helped the U.S. force the French and British from the Suez in 1956); and, most important, the goal did not strike at the core of a nation's identity -- sanctions designed to compel the release of kidnapped diplomats, for example, do not challenge vital interests. But when the underlying objective is nothing less than regime toppling, even tinhorn dictators have successfully resisted sanctions. Cuba's Castro has survived for 35 years. Panama's Noriega held on until the 82nd Airborne removed him. Haiti's military thugs promised their resignations when George Bush imposed sanctions...
...Princeton has been the difference between two years ago and now," Vital says. "They have pumped a lot of money into their program the last few years--sort of the state school mentality, I guess--and they've surpassed us. They are really good...
Seniors: Jen Chertow, Marcia Vital...