"x #needs y" = "y #(is required by) x" (useful when merging data written by people who used different words for the same thing).
"x #is urgent" = "my life #(depends on) x" | "my job #(depends on) x". Equations like this would permit greater brevity and faster data entry: If you write that your life depends on x, you won't have to write also that x is urgent.
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