Word: vitalize
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...position of authority, it is not enough to have access to public opinion; you must also have access to those with power and authority and be ready at a decisive moment personally to influence their decisions. I called that: 'Action on vital points...
...relates solely to freedom of thought and inquiry and to freedom of teaching on the part of accomplished scholars." We challenge that statement. A university, as we understand a university, is a place where students as well as teachers engage in "thought and inquiry." University education is something more vital than the mere acquisition of information or the reception by the student of the ideas and opinions of his teachers. It is experience in thinking about different questions and in expressing and defending his own conclusions about the right answers to those questions. A university does not give its students...
Radio Provides "Vital Facts...
...Government and industry increasingly raise problems on which the public must decide. The function of radio is to provide the vital facts upon which an intelligent decision can be based," Siepmann stated...
...less severe damage by bombs. Eight hits in 68 is 11.8%. The figure sounds low, but it must be remembered that much less than 100% destruction spells trouble. The U. S. Defense Commission's battles against bottlenecks have demonstrated all too clearly how a hit on one vital supply plant could slow up a whole chain of processes. Furthermore, most of these firms produced non-military goods, and the percentage among strategic industries was doubtless substantially higher...