Word: vitalize
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...employees are playing a definite role in the progress of the war effort. In addition to their share in Government service and research work, the Faculty recently voted a 12-month teaching schedule without increased pay, while more than 250 of these 2100 Faculty members are now engaged in vital war work...
...this statute. In 45 States trucks over a certain size and length are prohibited, which naturally means thousands of extra trips and delay in that part of the defense program dependent upon trucking. Often court proceedings are carried out against drivers with overloaded vans, while the vans wait with vital defense supplies which may be holding up the progress of an entire factory. Surveys show that thousands of man hours are being lost monthly by these requirements...
...vital question of whether the Soviet Union can fight successfully on two fronts depends upon the untested efficiency of one of the world's great arsenals, Siberia. If the Russians perform a military miracle in the east, it will be because of an industrial and agricultural miracle already performed...
...Louis record; next year, his Greyhound did even better: 72 hrs. 4 min. for the 1,200 miles, a record still. As he worked with his racers, he evolved a boat that could jump over logs and even small spits of land without injuring propeller or other vital organs. From this grew the Higgins Eureka, a 36-foot motorboat with a spoonbill bow, a V midship section, and a semi-tunnel protecting the propeller, so sturdy that it can rush right up on a beach without hurting itself...
...Manhattan Acme Chemical Co. and Rona Chemicals got caught reselling chemicals WPB had allowed them to make aspirin. Their profit: over 100%. Their loss: no vital chemicals at all for six months...