Word: vitalness
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...really there. But such stealthiness poses a tactical quandary. It requires absolute radio silence, whereas in today's U.S. military all key forces are bound together by waves of always-flowing electronic data. A U.S. submarine plugged into such "network-centric" warfare would forfeit some of its vital silence, potentially betraying its position to the enemy...
President Clinton's plan embraces the rhetoric of re-inventing government. What it re-invents, however, is excessive federal control over a vital issue that the national authority bungled a long time...
...They know I've taken more English classes than non-honors concentrators are required to take, but they think the thesis is a vital element of the honors degree...
...Weeks (Simon & Schuster), think that if you're going to be eating, you should concentrate on the essentials. They believe that U.S. government RDAs (recommended daily allowances) of vitamins and minerals are inadequate. Instead, the authors recommend what they have named the ODA (optimal daily allowance) of those vital substances, supplemented with New Age natural nostrums, such as omega-3 oils and ginkgo biloba. Some of their suggestions are old wine in new cooler bottles: potato chips, cookies and cakes are deemed age "accelerators" while fruits and vegetables are reincarnated as "rejuvenators...
...American goal was simple: to cripple Iraq's ability to brew and deliver weapons of mass destruction. Because biological and chemical weapons can be made quite easily, the Pentagon went after the bigger things--like missile factories and the Special Republican Guards--vital to the weapons' protection and production. And there was another wrinkle: while Pentagon officials said they avoided hitting storage sites that might spew deadly plumes of toxins, they privately conceded they had no idea where such stockpiles might be even if they wanted to attack them...