Word: functional
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...repair the damage. It can shut off some of the abnormal impulses by nerve-cutting operations such as vagotomy, or cut out diseased thyroids and hunks of stomach. But Surgeon Ogilvie has what he regards as more effective treatment: proper doses of idleness, for "idleness is a part of function." A change of occupation is often a good thing, too. The mind that has been driven too hard may do its best work when tension is relaxed and it is allowed "to find the natural paths that shape themselves in idle periods." Ogilvie adds: "Science is advanced further...
...first five goals were tossed in by midfielders, who scored seven out of the total of 12. It wasn't until the third quarter that the close attack really began to function...
Council approved rechartering for the Annex French Club, which may cease to function as a 'Cliffe club should a University departmental club be formed in the fall. Annex Zionists and the German Club will be renewed by the Council executive board as soon as the proper financial reports and constitution are handed...
Johnson had not told that to the Marines. In fact, he seemed to be losing sight of the Marine airmen's one peculiar function: supporting Marine ground forces in amphibious operations. Marine air is the only flying arm specifically trained for close-in support of ground troops from carrier bases...
...function of the Liberal Union has not been to provide an unofficial course in Classics of the Cinema. Its realm of instruction lies elsewhere. In the past year and a half, the HLU has turned its film series into a profitable thing for itself, but has shown only two films, "Man's Hope," and "Ivan the Terrible," which might hold any interest for the serious student. The remaining films have been either last year's box-office sensations or fairly frequent tenants at the small foreign-film theaters...