Word: vitalize
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...things are vital. One is that the emergency work the President had begun should, in all its phases, go forward. The other is that the President's prestige and moral authority should be transferred temporarily, by his own deliberate decision, to a designated deputy. The logical man for the job is Vice President Nixon...
...approved. If not, more work had to be done. At the meeting on Mutual Security, Nixon repeated a phrase he has come to use with increasing frequency: "Let's not lean with the wind," i.e., the Administration should not take the easy political way out by sacrificing vital foreign-aid funds...
...beginning, Dwight Eisenhower had given Nixon more participation in Government than any other Vice President before him. During the second term, Nixon's responsibilities were notably increased. Example: Ike recently gave him the personal assignment of pushing both the Mutual Security and the Reciprocal Trade programs, both vital to the nation's security. The job amounted to more than mere advocacy: Nixon was told to "develop an approach" to foreign aid and foreign trade. Nixon's self-confidence grew with added responsibilities. He never clears a speech ahead of time with the White House. Thus, even after...
...each, has discouraged many people who would prefer Russian to German or the Romance languages. Credit for two courses is small consolation for one who must fulfill the requirements of another field of concentration. The proposed course presents Russian, which is not generally available in secondary schools, as a vital second language...
...Harvard's main advantages, and is usually considered far more pleasant than the freshman year by upperclassmen. The intellectual superiority of House life over that of the communal bathrooms of the Yard and the stock-yard Union is rarely denied. Students should be drawn into this more vital experience for their freshman year...