Word: vitalize
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ground from which to fight the months of battles that lay ahead. The Administration began releasing figures to show how much money it thinks the average American consumer would actually be saving ?instead of losing?under the President's program. And Jimmy Carter had clearly achieved his first, vital goal: he had captured the public's attention and convinced a vast majority of Americans that the nation's energy shortage was genuine and steadily growing worse...
...West Coast, cars are especially vital. But the onrush of newcomers, especially in California, has raised environmental worries and brought new sympathy for conservation. There may be more resistance to sweeping energy saving in the Midwest, where farms grow on gas and the auto industry looms large, and in the South, where cold is rarely a concern and tourism means money. Yet even in fuel-rich Texas, presumably set in its freewheeling ways, local Pollster John Staples found after Carter's presentation that more people approved his energy approach than opposed it. Nearly half said they would buy a smaller...
Describing the admissions process in a speech addressing the visitors, David L. Evans, senior admissions officer, said yesterday that "Just because you're the son or daughter of someone doesn't means all you have to do is be warm and have vital signs...
Worthy stresses the vital need for leaders to resist the temptation to "withhold news of negative developments" when the struggle has begun. People can absorb temporary defeats, but they leave the battle if they are lied to, or if their leaders are not fully "accurate in technical, legal and political information" that they disseminate...
...terms of marketing policy, G.E. has for some time supplied much of the high-technology machinery bought by the South African government, including 80 per cent of the diesel train engines so vital to the maintenance of the white minority's military and security. In 1976, despite opposition from Congress, G.E. tried to sell nuclear reactors to the South African government. In addition, G.E. has continually refused to disclose the details of the company's sales and manufacturing operations in South Africa...