Word: vitalize
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Vilikazi said that educational aid is a vital means of supporting the struggle against apartheid. "A revolution does not really end or perhaps even begin with the political struggle," he said...
Councilor Alice K. Wolf said last week that"some means of external investigation isimportant" for the police department, but that itwould be less vital if the force investigatesitself responsibly. The council awaits a reportfrom Paolillo, which the chief is preparing atseveral councillors' requests...
...President denied again that he had been trading arms for American hostages held in Lebanon by Muslim zealots influenced by Iran. The purpose of the shipments, he said, had been to give "more prestige and muscle" to factions in Iran that might eventually be able to wean that strategically vital nation away from its bitter anti-Americanism. A few moments before, however, Reagan had conceded, "I said to them that there was something they could do to show their sincerity . . . they could begin by releasing our hostages...
...President to keep the House and Senate intelligence committees "fully and currently informed" of all U.S. intelligence activities. In the case of covert operations, the law requires "prior notice". It permits delay in notifying the full committees "if the President determines it is essential . . . to meet extraordinary circumstances affecting vital interests of the U.S." But when a President invokes this provision, he must still give prior notice to eight top congressional leaders. Then he has to inform all 34 members of the committees "in a timely fashion...
...months now, we have had under way a secret diplomatic initiative to Iran." Purpose: "to open a dialogue" with a strategically vital nation, some of whose leaders seemed willing to moderate its bitter anti-Americanism...