Word: vitalize
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...attempt to acquire more land in Allston continues. Resisting pressure applied by local politicians, the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority recently decided to go ahead with an $80 million sale of 91 acres of Allston land to the University. A CSX railyard lies on part of this property, a vital link in Boston’s freight and commuter rail transportation network. This link should not be severed, but at the same time, selling the land to Harvard will endanger the railroad...
During his campaign, Romney misled the public on the magnitude of the budget crisis. Why? He needed to justify his false claim he could balance the budget without raising taxes or cutting vital services. Romney’s own budget chief admitted his boss’s projections were off only days after the election. It would appear that Romney purposely misled the public. Of course, he would hardly be the first politician to make dubious claims during an election campaign. Still, even if Romney is given the benefit of the doubt here, his behavior after the election has been...
There is nothing wrong with the essence of Kirby’s new leave policy. Indeed, it was a commendable effort to keep Harvard vital and competitive with other top universities, many of which have similarly liberal leave policies—making them unduly attractive to prospective faculty. But back in December, it was painfully clear to many at the University that without any thoughtful limits in place, eager professors would rush en masse to take their leave at the first possible opportunity—leaving at least some departments’ undergraduate students high and dry. Those in power...
From 1999 to 2001, Harrington and her colleagues examined claims made by traditional Chinese medicine, with a particular focus on qi, the Chinese term for “breath of life” or “vital essence...
...Either way, FBI and CIA officials have thousands of questions to put to Attash, who is in Pakistani custody at the moment but is likely to be handed over to U.S. or joint custody soon. The most vital questions concern schemes currently on the drawing board. He was caught with a massive pile of explosives and weapons, probably for use against Western interests in Pakistan, but, says a U.S. official, "We think he's involved in operations around the world...