Word: function
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...contests and concentrated on popular favorites, switching relentlessly from one arena to another, but the result was exciting television. Arledge liked the way his sportscaster Jim McKay "in the 30 seconds between two events could add a dimension, a fact, a clarification." To Arledge, the news anchorman's function, "if there is a function, is not just to read a lead-in to a piece of film, but to provide reaction to a story, put it in perspective. Anchor people are concerned with peer acceptance. They find it degrading to educate people because they think they are talking...
Rubber Whale. Charlotte Rampling is on hand as one of those movie scientists whose precise discipline is unexplained but whose function is to ex plain - and explain - to the less enlightened that they must not underestimate the wit and sensitivity of the animal kingdom. This is a big mistake. Melville - even Peter Benchley - understood that it is best not to humanize the creatures of the deep too much. They are more frightening if perceived as imponderable forces...
...radical view espoused by Chiang Ch'ing and backed by Mao called for local economic independence. Teng also argued for higher wages and other incentives "for certain workers" and a rise in living standards. "If there are not enough vegetables and meat," he asked, "how can industry function properly?" Striking at the heart of Maoist doctrine, he declared that "it is wrong to practice egalitarianism, denying existing differences and refusing remuneration according to the work done...
...should hold power during the crucial transition period. The blacks insisted that Smith should step down and relinquish all control over the security forces; Smith will not do that unless law-and-order is guaranteed, and understandably enough, he will not allow the guerrilla forces to take over that function. One possible solution: an international peace-keeping force for the transition period-but the U.S., Britain and several other nations have indicated that they want no part...
Because effects of these medicines are sometimes severe, doctors must use them judiciously. Patients too must help; stress, overexertion and strong sunlight all can cause a sharp relapse. As Dr. Sheldon Blau and Dodi Schultz explain in their new book Lupus (Doubleday; $5.95): "The patient and doctor must function as a partnership-analogous, perhaps, to a police team on foot patrol, never knowing from what source trouble may appear, but constantly prepared to cope with any eventuality...