Word: vitalizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...talk of an astonishing find by a Harvard archaeologist. Lawrence E. Stager '65, Dorot Professor of the Archaeology of Israel, unearthed an ancient Canaanite "golden calf" in Israel, the only idol of its kind ever found. Scientists hailed the calf--which may date back to 1500 B.C.--as a vital piece of evidence about the development of ancient religions...
...made the following statement: "Before we send thousands of American soldiers to their deaths, let's make damn sure America's vital interests are threatened...
...things seem to be going Washington's way. Turkey and other U.S. allies with good intelligence in Iraq have reported shortages of food and other vital commodities there. A White House official notes that desert operations cause frequent military-equipment breakdowns and require large supplies of spare parts, which are not getting through the blockade. "We're expecting Iraq's military to begin suffering breakdowns that they can't fix," he said...
...sanctions to try to humble a recalcitrant state. Both attempts were flops. A ban on trade with Rhodesia was in effect for 13 years, beginning in 1967, after the white racist government unilaterally declared independence from Britain. Neighboring South Africa kept Rhodesia -- now Zimbabwe -- supplied with arms, gasoline and vital consumer goods while acting as middleman for the country's tobacco exports. In 1977 the U.N. banned arms sales to South Africa to protest apartheid, and independently, many countries restricted their economic ties in the mid-1980s. Still, South Africa's economy has prospered...
...take some actions that have made a replay of the oil shocks of 1973 and 1979 less likely. Price controls that distorted energy markets have been lifted, and most of the restrictions that made it difficult for industries to shift to whatever fuel is cheapest have been removed. Most vital is the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, 590 million bbl. of crude that the government has been stashing away in salt domes in Louisiana and Texas since 1977. Though the reserve is designed to combat shortages that might arise during a crisis, some members of Congress and many energy economists are pushing...