Word: vitality
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hurtling flesh, Byrd had unintentionally rammed his helmeted head into the chest of his 275-lb. teammate Scott Mersereau. The impact crumpled a vertebra in Byrd's neck, crushing part of the underlying spinal cord as well as plunging dagger-like slivers of bone into the soft, vital nerve tissue...
...membranes. The ensuing flood of biochemicals destroys even more nerve cells. The devastation spreads from the gray matter at the center of the cord to the white matter that surrounds it. Ironically, the body's response to injury only makes matters worse. The inflammation of injured tissue chokes off vital blood flow, destroying an even greater number of nerve cells...
Mozhin also said the reforms were vital in order to continue to negotiate with the International Monetary Fund, which has enabled Russia to procure large loans from other nations...
Nevertheless, ensuring a stable and prosperous Russia is of vital interest to the whole world. The republics have more than 2 million soldiers, a score of Chernobyl clones, the potential to flood Poland and Germany with hundreds of thousands of refugees -- and to become a big market and political partner if things work out right. But with recession gripping the West, generosity comes hard, especially when donors fear that Russia's economic chaos will simply swallow up limitless funds...
...later CIA Director William Casey verged "on the outer limits of propriety" when he secretly gathered intelligence on the delicate U.S.-Iranian hostage negotiations in 1980. The investigation, run on a shoestring budget, never did find such critical evidence as Casey's passport or hundreds of hours of vital FBI surveillance tapes. Perhaps a parallel House investigation expected next year will be more enlightening...