Word: vitalize
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...University's recent decision to enlarge and revamp its War Service Information Bureau comes as a welcome forward step. It is vital that this office receive the attention and facilities that its importance demands, and this reorganization shows a needed and clearer conception of that importance. In helping the student to find what specialized openings and possible commissions he is eligible for, the service of the Bureau to the individual is obvious. At the same time it can be a valuable contribution to the present cry for an efficient utilization of manpower. By sifting and pigeon-holing the chaos...
...footnote to the clamor over the complacency of the American public . . . write the results of a recent Gallup poll into the record. We smug smarties, it seems, have enough gumption to favor total mobilization of both man and woman power for vital production needs. We slothful citizens are ready to sacrifice nonessential jobs, move to other cities, devote evenings and any spare time to the common cause...
...Christ-with chronological notes and just enough of the Biblical context to bridge the transition between Christ's sayings. Its purpose: "With the world in flames, a little book which makes it possible to read in two short hours every recorded word Christ ever spoke is a vital contribution toward what our people need, want and are receptive to right...
Churchill tartly cabled back that he was surprised at Curtin's tone, promised to review all the facts before the House of Commons. Later Churchill hinted that a vital cablegram had been delayed. The Melbourne Sun was forced to comment that L'Affaire Casey had been handled by all concerned with "surprising feebleness...
...which he is driving-threatens the two great jute ports. Calcutta and Chittagong. Chittagong, on the eastern rim of India's coast, has already been partly evacuated. Even without that immediate threat, the shipping shortage itself has cut into jute supplies. Ships from India must carry even more vital products, such as manganese (three-fifths of the world's production is in India and the U.S.S.R., and Russia is now even more remote than India) and mica (essential for electric insulation, 80% of it comes from India). Every war since the Crimean has created a boom in jute...