Word: vitalize
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Congratulations on publishing Mr. Lippmann's and Mr. Kent's comments on our present need for leadership in TIME, April 28. By so doing TIME has again noticed a vital skip in the pulse of the general welfare of our nation...
TODAY, more than ever before, a book on air power written by so eminent an authority as Major Al Williams would seem to meet a vital need. But Major Williams' work itself is bound to disappoint the reader who hopes for a clear-cut expression of what's what in aerial warfare. When Major Williams is discussing such matters as fixed-pitch versus controllable-pitch propellers, his writing is clear and forthright, and it isn't hard to sense the assurance of a man who knows his business and enjoys talking about it. When he talks of engines and wing...
...Commission, under Willard's chairmanship, worked steadily through the vital winter months of 1916-17. Before the declaration of war, when the nation and the President thought there was still a chance of peace, the seven men devised a system of purchasing war supplies, planned a press censorship, designed a system of food control (even selected Herbert Hoover as its director), determined on daylight saving (then revolutionary), discussed the draft, and in effect, revised the Government...
Supporting veterans Donahue and Pflster, Sophomore Doug Pirnie accumulated ten points with a twin killing in the dashes at 9.9 and 21.8 clockings, the former marking his best official time for the century. A horde of novice Sophomores, seeing their first Varsity competition, formed the vital backbone of Mikkola's aggregation. Although pole vaulter Mike Ford and blond Bob Chase in the hammer were the only two of the group to win their events, a mass of seconds and thirds prevented Dartmouth sweeping any event but the broad jump...
Starting at 9:15 o'clock the Ibisters' program lasted for 20 minutes until a loyal technician jerked out a vital tube a half an hour later and put the Network out of its misery...