Word: lifeblood
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Nevertheless, it remains unclear whether thesearch committee will be looking for a an insidervisible in university life--a sharp contrast tothe much-criticized and recently departed BennoSchmidt--or an outsider who could infuse ademoralized Yale with new lifeblood...
Marshall Loeb, managing editor of our sister publication Fortune, where Godshall once handled the circulation job, thinks the word circulation is particularly suitable to describe the size of a magazine's readership. "Circulation is the lifeblood of a magazine and as good an indicator as you'll get of its vitality. It's also an indication of the intelligence of the circulator." His opinion of circulator Godshall: "absolutely terrific...
...about as far as foreign pressure can, short of war. They will stop all Serbian exports and all imports except for food and medicine, freeze Serbian assets held abroad and break all air links to the outside world. The key measure, though, is an embargo on oil, the lifeblood of both modern industry and mechanized armies, but it is far from certain that the tap will be turned off. Almost half of Serbia's fuel comes from Russia and China, which went along only reluctantly with the sanctions resolution. Some British diplomats are worried that oil may slip into Serbia...
Picking up the two-decade-old effort to pass the civil rights legislation when he arrived at the State House, Barrett is considered by many gay and lesbian activists to be the lifeblood of the movement to write the antidiscrimination bill into...
Columbus' sense of his humble origins was crucial. He was determined to transcend them; his means would be navigation. At first he wanted to succeed through trade. Sea trade was the lifeblood of Genova la superba, proud Genoa. As a merchant navigator, Columbus sailed all over the Mediterranean, to the Guinea coast of Africa and as far north as Ireland. He may have gone as far as Iceland too. Sometime between 1478 and 1484, the full plan of self- aggrandizement and discovery took shape in his mind. He would win glory, riches and a title of nobility by opening...