Word: vitalize
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Higher education officials rejectAdministration claims that controls on scientificinformation are needed to prevent Soviet agentsfrom gaining information vital to this country'snational security...
Certainly, Nolte's character merits a few good chuckles. For one thing, here's a good guy who always wears black--in stark contrast to Boothe's omnipresent white suit. Nick sure is tough. He's the type of cop who casually slips vital evidence into his shirt pockets with his keys. The type of cop who cares but does not raise an eyebrow when he sees his best friend (Rip Torn) gunned down. The type of cop who says things like, "I'm particular who I drink with." The type of cop who is one walking macho cliche...
...nation's universities deserve the preferential treatment they have received in the past because of their vital position in American society, educators say. By conducting basic scientific research, universities are the engine of economic competitiveness. Colleges and universities are also the "bearers" of the values and habits such as free speech and respect for truth which are important to maintaining American society, they...
...week at a Houston appeals-court hearing, which had been mandated by the Supreme Court decision, on whether Texaco should be required to put up a bond for some $10 billion while continuing to appeal the 1985 Texas judgment. Protecting itself from such an appeals decision had been a vital factor in Texaco's decision to flee into bankruptcy. The Houston hearing was stayed after Texaco lawyers argued that the Chapter 11 filing triggered an automatic halt to other legal proceedings. Pennzoil officials said they might challenge the bankruptcy petition, but at week's end they had not done...
...sextuplets and they depend on me. I didn't want to tell you this; my wife made me come here; I told her it was nothing, but, well, I do have kind of a bad cold--in fact, well, I tend to sneeze so hard that pieces of my vital internal organs fly violently from my nose, often striking well dressed people with dangerous velocity. I'm scared, Doc, am I going be all right...