Word: vitalizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...energy, initiative and sharp analytical skills have been vital to the University-wide academic and campaign planning process these past several years," President Neil L. Rudenstine said in the statement...
...vital centers of Russia's military-industrial complex had long been hidden away in closed cities referred to only by code names -- Chelyabinsk-65 or Sverdlovsk-45 -- located far from Moscow, in the Urals or Siberia. Today the cities are no longer secret, but life there has changed for the worse. Scientists earn less than $100 a month, and political control remains in the hands of the military, the KGB and former Communist Party officials. As factory subsidies erode and payrolls shrink, thousands of Russia's most talented researchers and millions of factory workers are struggling just to survive. They...
...word-of-mouth allegations spread rapidly throughout Guatemala: gringos are snatching babies and ripping out their vital organs for sale abroad. Eight babies, the whispers assured, were found with their stomachs slashed open. One had a $100 bill stuck in its abdomen, plus a note that said in English, "Thanks for your cooperation...
...Welfare does play a vital role in helping many women and their children through short-term crises," Weld says. "But welfare as it currently exists also subsidizes some of the most destructive behavior in our society...
...drama sprinkled with humor rather than a farce toned down with drama. Tucker and Stokes' performances never really accentuate the buffoonery of Firestone's Count, so he escapes as less than simply laughable. Scenes change abruptly from dark confessions of love and desire to frivolous and hypocritical jealousy making vital transitions to key jokes difficult. Likewise, halting delivery and slow entrances take the snap out of potential fun. The jokes take too long to develop where a few crisp exchanges would bring the excitement of fresh conflict to life, and the delivery of punchlines is often so ambiguous...