Word: vitalize
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...officially was rejecting the theory, popular with some U.S. businessmen, that Great Britain's trade must be hopelessly crippled before U.S. help is given. The agreement was based on the principle that the British must maintain about two-thirds of normal export trade in order to get vital foreign exchange to buy materials unobtainable...
...Vital to the defense of Russia is her Black Sea Fleet, which has played a part in the defense of Odessa and dominates the rest of the Sea. Last week Turkey stoutly refused to allow Italian ships to pass through the Dardanelles, and the Black Sea was still a Russian lake. But Russia was obviously worried...
...Army's fighting men are on field maneuvers, have plenty of interesting work to take their minds off the tedious side of military life. Another reason: the President's "rattlesnake" speech had given many a soldier a better idea than he had had before of the vital importance of his training...
...Carl J. Friedrich, who has gone to England as a member of the President's special commissions dealing with civilian defense. In Great Britain during the summer with President Conant's National Defense Research Committee were George B. Kistiakowsky, professor of Chemistry, and Edwin B. Wilson, professor of Vital Statistics...
...carriers have. Even the semi-armored 75s are open at the top, thus are vulnerable to "plunging fire" from enemy aircraft, artillery, machine guns. Army designers had deliberately decided not to enclose crews and guns in armored turrets. The Army's reasoning: in anti-tank warfare, speed is vital, and more weight is bound to mean less speed...