Word: vitalize
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...only thing that detonated was a debt bomb. The Marshall model didn't work in places like Mozambique and Peru. These countries were missing the vital social infrastructure, to say nothing of the legal and business background, that sped Europe's regeneration. By the late 1990s, the debt of these countries had reached absurd proportions. Today, for instance, every man, woman and child in Guinea-Bissau owes global lenders $964--a problem for a nation where per capita income is $160 a year. At last year's G-8 economic summit in Germany, the world's richest countries adopted...
...during surgery. But it is the body's overreaction to these toxins that really does the damage. The resulting massive inflammation, accompanied by blood clots in small blood vessels, damages tissues and organs and lowers blood pressure. In its most severe form, called septic shock, it shuts down vital organs...
...pondered this experience for the rest of the slow afternoon as I read faxes, kept an eye on the websites and waited (as all newspaper reporters must) for vital phone calls to be returned. The courier had swaggered in here, out of breath--not much older than me, I figured. The look of him wiping sweat from his brow as he left the office stayed with...
Trial lawyers insist that the role they play is a vital one. The ability to sue for injuries is a basic American right, they say, one that supporters of tort reform are scheming to take away. "[Tort reform] is no more than a code to close the courthouse down to poor and middle-class people," says Jamail. "You don't see these corporations being tentative or bashful about running to the courthouse against each other or against individuals who don't pay their bills...
...Life Blues. It's a shame that some of the other performances aren't a bit grittier. Many of the songs sound like victory-lap music, the polite, tuxedoed stuff you play at the Kennedy Center after accepting a lifetime-achievement award. King and Clapton are too good, too vital to be enshrined just yet. Let's hope they team up again...