Word: vitalize
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...vital U.S. aircraft industry, whose rapid growth has made it a tinderbox, primed for labor trouble, a small flare-up last week illuminated dangers ahead. In Middle River, Md., C.I.O. workers in the huge Glenn L. Martin Co. plant walked out, called a strike. In spite of the strike call, most of the employes (members of a union which C.I.O. leaders said was company-dominated) stayed on, disregarding a skimpy picket line...
...finest teachers. His lectures give evidence of exhaustive research and of discriminating selection from a wide range of reading. His concise and carefully focused syntheses of material are characterized by an unusual aesthetic judgment and a fresh intellectual scrutiny. He possesses an extraordinary ability to effect a vital communication in the classroom. He is certainly outstanding among Harvard teachers for his interest in his students' ideas; and a feeling for the true intellectual fellowship which ought to prevail in a university is indicated by his availability and eagerness for friendly discussion outside of class...
...brief, we believe that Assistant Professor Houghton achieves to a most unusual degree a vital, working balance of good scholarship and good teaching...
...idea of Harvard Political Union or Forum. I think we should realize that its purpose should not be to replace partisan organizations. A Forum must be impartial, but in these grimly decisive days no one is impartial; there are just 3561 irreconcilable viewpoints in Harvard College. Accordingly, on vital issues a Forum must present debates or panels...
This opportunity should be especially attractive to college undergraduates. Their education makes them eligible to receive a training that is both vital to national defense and practical for the individual. If the training one receives is not harnessed for war, he is qualified for any one of numerous positions within the broad field of aviation. Should his services be needed in a U. S. participation, the readjustment to civil life after the war is over would be far less violent. The ex-pilot would be qualified for fairly well-paying positions in technical industry, but the draftee, having learned...