Word: vitalize
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...other hand, the West would probably not make vital concessions in return for a temporary lifting of the blockade; there would have to be guarantees against clamping down the lid at any time the Kremlin might want to apply pressure. A good deal of down-to-earth horse trading was in order before any conference could...
...state to be the Jewish religion, preserved through centuries of vicissitudes. In Israel this seems to have lost its validity. When the Promised Land was the unpaid balance of a divine I.O.U., when they lived among more or less hostile Gentiles, religion was a far more vital force than it is today in Israel. The Jew is supposed to wear a hat; in Tel Aviv, young men risk sunstroke to go hatless. Waiters at the Armon Hotel in Tel Aviv have no qualms about offering guests bacon. Throughout the country dietary laws are widely breached...
...have confidence in your chairman you will adopt this item"; or "I would be the most unhappy man in the world if the assembly rejected this proposal." WHO, Dr. Stampar thinks, should not set out to be a super health department for the world, but rather a clearinghouse for vital information, and a place where nations could get doctors and technicians when disease strikes...
...subject every departing refugee to rigid inspection. The authorities are glad to see civilians leave, since there will be fewer to feed, but no one may take anything metallic such as pots or pans (scrap for bullets), gold or silver (representing forbidden speculation or flight of currency) or salt (vital commodity...
When SEC carried the case to court, Tucker threw in the sponge. Last week he declared himself ready to open his books to the commission-but not without a final dramatic gesture. The records, said Tucker, "are as vital to the operation as machines along the production line. Tying up such records will make it impossible to continue operating." He laid off 1,100 workers, closed down the plant until the investigation was over. For once Tucker permitted himself a note of pessimism. If the plant remained closed for more than 60 days, he said, the "project . . . might collapse...