Word: vitalize
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...back to him. Rather, he hopes to prompt a new round of Faculty meetings that will debate the philosophy of graduate education, with an eye toward applying that philosophy to changing attitudes and trends. And he hopes to come up with some answers--for "the graduate school is absolutely vital to the quality of the Faculty." If the Faculty is to maintain its academic vitality, he implies, it must do so by continually renewing itself through advanced study, by improving itself at the graduate level...
...your story "Attack on the Navy" [May 8]: keeping the sea lanes open is vital to the future of Western Europe and the U.S. The more significant the disparity between U.S. and Soviet naval power, the more serious the threat to the security of the free world. It is imperative that the U.S. increase naval expenditures to meet the Soviet challenge...
Those papers, insisted the Government, contained vital data about national security. Defense lawyers answered that the sack held little more than "diplomatic chitchat" and assorted trivia. One cable marked SECRET was a published interview. Other sensitive items included copies of the Congressional Record and a book on fish protein concentrate. But some papers were not so banal. Humphrey admitted releasing confidential cables to Truong in the forlorn hope of freeing his mistress. The two defense lawyers cooperated throughout most of the trial, but at the end Humphrey's attorney dramatically turned on Truong, accusing him of being a professional...
...aging star about Mae, none of the desperate anxiety of the character played by Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard. Dressed in a white pants suit, her lips painted a bright, girlish peach, she is jollity itself. The famous laugh, which percolates leisurely to the throat, is young and vital still. Mae West is her own best invention, and no one believes in it or enjoys it more than she herself. "All I look for is harmony," she says. "If I argue, I get nasty, so I don't have anyone around who argues with me. I also...
...other hand, Qoboza said, many people believe corporations "can play a vital role in transforming that society." However, he added that outside of "a twinge of conscience here and there," foreign companies operating in South Africa have done nothing to improve the situation of the nation's blacks...