Word: vitalize
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week the Senate Banking and Currency Committee listened to a steady hum of argument in its favor. C.I.O. President Philip Murray thought it an "essential first step in expanding world trade in which American labor has a vital stake." Said U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Eric Johnston: "The American system of competitive capitalism cannot exist in a contracting world. . . . [The loan] will help create jobs for 5,000,000 U.S. workers...
...prolong the courses of instruction at the colleges . . . and to equip our young officers with that special technical professional knowledge which soldiers have a right to expect from those who can give them orders if necessary to go to their deaths. . . . Professional attainment, based upon prolonged study . . . are the vital needs of the commanders of the future armies, and the secret of future victories...
...feel quite certain of the sympathetic interest of the American people in China, but I am not quite so certain of their understanding, or that of their political leaders, of the vital importance to the U.S. of the success of the Chinese efforts toward unity and economic stability. . . . The next few months are of tremendous importance to the Chinese people and . . . to the future peace of the world...
...such a hyper-realistic effort, it is vital that the cast be shrewdly picked to avoid affectation, histrionics, and dramatic cliches; the international group, often even benefited by lack of previous experience, fulfils every qualification. "The Last Chance" differs from its many predecessors not because it is trying to say something but because it succeeds is getting a great deal beyond a feeble waving of the studio copy of the Americas flag...
...Americans of good will can do more and do it faster than any system of government rationing orders. Speed is vital. ... A reduction of 25% in the present consumption of wheat and wheat products is needed...