Word: vitalize
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fact that I frequently addressed our Catholic and Christian citizens in my broadcast of July 27 was due not to any desire on my part to exclude the Jewish people from my remarks; it was the threatened division of the Catholics and Christians on this vital national issue of war or peace which I was striving to forestall...
...neutrality. The most strategic cross-corridor of Asia, Iran's mountains and deserts not only lie across the land route from Asia Minor to India but are the shortest road by which Britain could send supplies and men to the Russian Army - a road that has become vital since Hitler reached Russia's Black Sea ports...
That so many votes could be mustered against a bill which the Administration felt was absolutely vital was no tribute to Franklin Roosevelt's ability as a popular leader. But the President's power to swing a following, marvelous as it has been at times, has striking ups & downs and this was a time when his leadership was at low ebb. How low it was the public did not guess in advance...
...managing director of Canadian Industries, Ltd. (explosives, fertilizers, paint, plastics, industrial chemicals -Canada's Du Pont). Now he had become, as Viscount Halifax said last week, ''the linchpin of the vast organization built up on this side to cooperate with the U.S. Administration in all vital matters of production and supply...
...city's catacombs, sick from fatigue and hunger. None had done much sleeping; few had eaten anything, except perhaps a piece of fruit or a dry roll or peanuts bought from peddlers at the dugout mouths. Peasants were prevented from supplying markets, Government officials had to suspend vital work, laborers could do nothing after raids but gorge and go to sleep. Citizens tried to leave town, but were caught by new raids before they could get away. Chungking's foreign newsmen were inconvenienced when the Press Hostel-their home and office-crumbled under three direct hits. Terrific August...