Word: vitality
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Democratic nominee John R. Silber and his Republican opponent, former U.S. attorney William F. Weld '66, describe themselves as avidly prochoice. Both maintain they are fiscal conservatives who can rescue the state from its budget crisis by trimming government waste. And each says he can do this without cutting vital services to the state's most needy residents...
...because much of the state's budget consists of entitlement programs whose funding is required by law, many of the cuts required by the CLT petition would concentrate on the state's most vital service programs, said Paul Watanabe, a public policy professor at the University of Massachusetts at Boston...
Should the University fail to comply with the new regulations, it stands to lose more than $200 million in federal support, including scholarship money, research grants and other vital programs. Clearly Harvard is no longer free to regard Massachusetts alcohol regulations as nothing more than a legal technicality...
...Illingworth, general manager of Lexus in the U.S., which picked up the undisclosed cost of the recall operation. That assiduous concern has paid off in spectacular fashion: from a cold start one year ago, Toyota's luxury division in July swept past both Mercedes-Benz and BMW in the vital U.S. auto market. Although Mercedes retook the lead during August, the Lexus performance sent shock waves through the global auto industry. BMW and Mercedes have seen their U.S. sales dip 29% and 19%, respectively, over the past three years at an estimated loss of $1 billion each in revenue...
...were too shy to ask. "Most people are pretty ignorant about sex," explains Reinisch. "They believe they know everything they need to know. If you believe you know something, you don't even go looking for answers." Some questions may seem trivial, she concedes, but all deal with vital information that can affect health and well-being or even put lives in jeopardy...