Word: vitalizing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...still larger battlefield-the world -Ho's victory had a grim meaning. The bulk of France's army was already in Indo-China; more troops would have to be sent there to deal with the new threat. France was a vital link in European rearmament and France could not make its essential contribution to the defense of Europe as long as its army was tied up in Indo-China. A quick victory over Communism in Indo-China was necessary if Europe was to be made defensible...
...veto. No event in U.N.'s history-not even the decision to defend Korea-had more significance. The new proposal, well received by most of the delegations, meant that even the great powers (Russia excepted) were now willing to submit to the will of the majority on the vital questions of war & peace...
Strangely, none of the radiation-caused cancers attacked a vital organ, though parts of Dr. Brown's fingers had to be amputated, and finally he lost an eye. He wrote little of his suffering, though he noted: "I have probably received in divided doses, as a sort of voluntary guinea pig in a hospital laboratory, the same deleterious effects I might have sustained in one massive explosive emanation, had I been an experimental Bikini goat...
...most important of these vacancies, the quarterback who is vital to the Big Red's T offense, James had an ace up his sleevo in Rocco Calvo. Calvo had all but won the job from Dorset during pre-season practice last year, but then he suffered a knee injury which sidelined him for the season...
...mobile unit, a 32-foot aluminum-sheathed truck carrying machines to separate and stockpile all the vital parts of human blood, was built here as part of a new national blood program sponsored by a group of government agencies...