Word: functional
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...older couple for a private party after 1 a.m., and to observe the parietal rules of men's dormitories. Whether or not these honor-system rules are actually obeyed seems to be a matter for dispute. Deans and students are disinclined to change them, however, claiming that the rules function as a guide, if not as a strict code of behavior...
...know we are at any moment under a threat of attack, as would be evidenced by missiles or planes coming in our direction, then we have to act just as rapidly as possible, humanly possible, to defend ourselves." And although the declaration of war is a congressional function, that there could might be "put "certain your life or circumstances the nation's life right at stake. Then there is no time, and whatever would be necessary the President would then order...
Dark Coasting. For two nights Pioneer IV was held on its pad, once because of low clouds, and once because a radio instrument failed to function. On the third night the bird lifted off only 4 seconds late. The Jupiter fired for 182 seconds. As it passed through a high veil of cloud, a bluish ring formed around its orange tail flame like a ring around the moon. After 55 seconds of dark coasting, a faint light bloomed in the sky as the second-stage rockets fired. Then Pioneer IV disappeared...
Defense Rivalry. "There are conflicting views in any proposal that humans make . . . Now, you are certainly not going to get [agreement among chiefs of the Armed Forces] who . . . believe that in their service, in their own function, lies the safety of the U.S. Someone has to make the decision. That happens to be the Commander-in-Chief. Now, and I must say this, and I think possibly this is the first time that I have ever violated my own conception of humility and modesty: I think I am more able than any one of those [Pentagon chiefs] ... to make...
...National Council President Dr. Edwin T. (for Theodore) Dahlberg stiffly rose to answer the critics. Actually he sidestepped them by defending the church's right to take a stand on international issues, rather than specifically commenting on the China stand. Said he: "The church must in a sense function as the conscience of the nation. We are Biblically authorized to do this. It was the vigorous pronouncements Jesus made on controversial matters that sent him to the cross. If he had confined himself to little Mickey Mouse morals, he would never have been heard...