Word: functional
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...stems not from anything De Gaulle has done but from what he is. In an age that makes a cult of ordinariness, he is a democrat but not an egalitarian. In a world in which power suggests danger, he openly regards the wise exercise of power as the supreme function of man. Where most mid-20th century statesmen feel obliged to cloak their extraordinary qualities in a mantle of folksiness, he unabashedly regards himself as a historic figure and comports himself as a man of greatness...
...Tunisian ambassador. When the ambassador had joined the throng in the East Room, the President, in white tie and tails, and Mamie, in a scarlet net gown set off by a heart-shaped diamond pendant, came down to greet the 78 guests and launch the most important diplomatic social function of the year...
...Venice Junior High School, a $548,213 building for 450 pupils, an uncompromisingly modular steel, concrete and glass campus plan that Architects John Crowell of Sarasota, 43, and Mark Hampton of Tampa, 35, thought would best adjust to the changing demands of function. Colored panels and waffle-grid roof lighten the heavy industrial look...
Fool's Week is dead. Long considered the Lampoon's most sincere and humorous contribution, its demise leaves the publication with no apparent function whatsoever. The community can only deplore the timidity with which the 'Poonies have permitted a tight-lipped Administration to strip them of their raison d'etre...
...main function of the Permanent Class Committee is making arrangements for the 1959 Commencement. In addition, some members of the Committee are usually asked to raise funds for the Class' 25th Reunion...