Raines' own experiences as a protester five months earlier may have provided his first taste of how inhospitable the "vital center" can be.

CNN: AllPolitics - TIME This Week

If CDER is allowed to re-write the history of Avandia, this vital FDA Center will continue to function as an unsupervised, self-regulating bureaucracy, accountable to no one.

FORBES: Steven Nissen: The Hidden Agenda Behind The FDA's New Avandia Hearings

Some 20% of cognitively healthy older adults have been found during autopsies to have large quantities of amyloid in the brain, according to Denise Park, director of the Center for Vital Longevity at the University of Texas at Dallas.

WSJ: FDA Approves Alzheimer's Test Developed by Eli Lilly

Another vital piece of infrastructure is the data center, an area that Tilera is targeting.

FORBES: Qualcomm And Tilera: How 'Data Tsunami' Will Lift Behemoth And Startup Alike

The government promises businesses support but no interference - a policy of "positive non-interventionism" vital to its role as a financial and trading center.

CNN: FIGHTING 'GODZILLAS'

And that would be enough for most people, but not for Jill Iscol, who also serves on the boards of Vital Voices, City Year New York, the Center for American Security, and the Herbert F.

FORBES: "I'm Not Ready To Stop:" Jill Iscol On Privilege, Idealism And Activism

"Ford Motor Company is to be commended for its sensitivity to the vital national security interests at stake in this joint venture, " the Center's Director, Frank J.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

Martin van Vliet, a researcher at the African Studies Center in Leiden, the Netherlands, said that while Timbuktu was no longer a city of vital economic or military importance, it stood out as an important prize for the rebels due to its symbolic significance.

CNN: Timbuktu: Mali's treasure at risk from armed uprising