Word: vitalize
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...important in the context of emerging Communist strength in Latin America. In Chile, the Communists, thanks to their balance of power in Congress, had helped to elect President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla. President Videla rewarded them with three Cabinet posts, two of which clinched their control of Chile's vital nitrate, copper and coal unions, and of agriculture...
...better until they make society better and thus have selfishness to provide fuel for the next revolution ; he will foster science but only to have armament makers use one marvel of science to destroy another; he will foster more divorces under the disguise that another partner is 'vital'; he will invoke religion to destroy religion; he will even speak of Christ and say that he was the greatest man who ever lived; his mission, he will say, will be to liberate men from the servitudes of superstition and Fascism, which he will never define...
...Force had to concede to the Navy not only ship-based aircraft but also the vital mission of antisubmarine patrol and protection of shipping, and a modest quota of air transport-mostly with land-based planes. The Marine Corps would have the third air force, both ship-and land-based, for tactical support of its troops...
...basically his problem, not ours. We cannot solve it for him. We can contribute only by a long-term policy of firmness, patience and understanding, designed to keep the Russians confronted with superior strength at every juncture where they might otherwise be inclined to encroach upon the vital interests of a stable and peaceful world; but we should do this in so friendly and unprovocative a manner that its basic purposes will not be subject to misinterpretation...
...that deathless relic of States' rights, he added a classic of Algeriana: "Anyone with ambition enough can go to college." With its chief executive indelibly on record, the Association faced the unhappy dilemma either of repudiating its spokesman or failing to express its own majority opinion on a vital issue. The educators choose the easy...