Word: functional
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...freely, the crew would not feel the earth's gravitation any more than do the passengers of a freely falling elevator. Their bodies, tools-and food would have no weight except that caused by the feeble gravitation of the satellite itself. No one knows whether human bodies would function under such conditions. One proposed solution: making the satellite spin. This would produce centrifugal force that would act like gravitation. Then the satellite's crew, walking around on the inside of the shell, would feel more or less at home...
...policy in Korea represents a propaganda fiasco. In spite of almost $400 million of aid, the economy fails to function; the government makes a farce of freedom; and the AMG cannot withdraw and let the communists take over without a complete confession of its failure to establish democracy in Asia...
...clinic here will be McInnis's first official function since his appointment as baseball coach last October 19. McInnis comes to Cambridge after a session at Amherst in which he compiled a record of ten wins and only one loss--a 4 to 3 defeat by Yale's championship squad...
...basis of Metro's interest in the Legal Medicine branch of the Medical School stems, from its function of assisting the state police in the investigation of sudden deaths, including murders. The department teaches legal medicine to both Medical and Law students...
...coverage of Class activities to date. The Redbook contains almost exactly the same material, with the exception that its accounts of freshman activities cover the entire year. One may point cut, however, that the Class Album does this adequately. In fact, the Redbook is so like the Register in function and content, that its appearance at the beginning of Sophomore year is little short of redundant...