Word: vitalization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Because Thomas is black, says Shaw, "the positions he takes in race cases give a little bit more encouragement to other Justices who advance views that are at odds with those of most black Americans." The court will soon rule on another vital issue: whether it is constitutional to create majority black districts so that African Americans can be elected to Congress. As they await Thomas' vote, a lot of blacks besides Wyatt Tee Walker are feeling queasy all over again...
...pretty -- or a bloodless -- solution. But continued dithering will further erode the West's credibility, produce a huge refugee crisis in Europe and encourage others to conclude that aggression carries no price. Avoiding such outcomes-particularly the last-is the very definition of a vital Western interest. If a strategy like the one suggested here doesn't work, at least the Bosnian Muslims will have been given what they want: the chance to fight on a leveled killing field. If a serious strategy isn't tried, then as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke says, history will confirm...
...article, "vital statistics"were listed, including age, height, residence andpolitical party...
...goal of balance by a certain date. "I think it clearly can be done in less than 10 years," he added. The White House tried to play down the remarks as only somewhat inconsistent. Several days later, however, Clinton reversed himself again, saying it was more important to safeguard vital social programs than to eradicate the deficit in the relatively near future...
NATO's future is, admittedly, not something most people worry about. There are probably more Americans whose dna resembles O.J. Simpson's than can name the 15 other NATO nations the U.S. is sworn to defend. But that doesn't mean the question isn't vital...