Word: vitalize
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...putting into place, but it remains a dedicated, pro-European partner. TIME: Yes, but proposed policies are already causing consternation. Your reputation in Europe surely played a role in your nomination. Lenoir: Perhaps. It's important to establish and maintain good relationships at the European level. It's also vital to understand the culture and climate at that level...
...politics is local, and almost every race is decided by local issues. What's more, this White House has a tendency to be heavy-handed and condescending to Republicans in Congress and in the states. If Rove pushes too hard, the President could lose vital allies. And no matter how high his popularity ratings may soar, he'll still need his friends two years from...
...gulf between hierarchy and laity, between institution and people, are not integral to what it means to be a Catholic. The ban on birth control--reaffirmed by fiat by Pope Paul VI after many leading theologians and church officials seemed poised to reverse it--is not an issue as vital as, say, the divinity of Christ, the fact of the Resurrection or the miracle of the Mass. A celibate priesthood--one of the many reasons why vocations have collapsed--is an administrative matter. It was not mandatory for the first 11 centuries of the church's existence, and was imposed...
Investigations following the Sept. 11 attacks demonstrated that cooperation between national intelligence agencies is vital in battling global terror. Yet French antiterrorism officials complain that they are being shut out by their U.S. counterparts. "We're expected to turn over everything we turn up, but our requests for information fall on deaf ears," says a senior French antiterrorism official...
...French acknowledge that vital information is getting through via backdoor channels. But they want a more official, two-way street. "If the Americans won't play ball, why should we?" the official asks. "Now we all stand to lose." --By Bruce Crumley