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Word: functional (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...people elected Eisenhower President, not Nixon. It is therefore incumbent upon the President to function unless he is so incapacitated that he cannot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Judgments & Prophecies, Dec. 9, 1957 | 12/9/1957 | See Source »

Letters sent out yesterday suggested that the students could do a service to Radcliffe by informing graduates in their home areas about current college life. "Because you know Radcliffe," the letter read, "you can serve an invaluable function as being a resource person for alumnae groups...

Author: By Martha E. Miller, | Title: Radcliffe Students Plan to Address Alumnae Groups in Fund Campaign | 12/5/1957 | See Source »

Teele pointed out that the University faculty will not work as part of any Cambridge agency. The city has a planning office and 15 or so departments, he maintained, and "the only function of an outside group would be advisory." The Planning Coordinator added that the final design work on the Urban Renewal Projects would be done by the city...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Faculty May Aid City In Plans to Rebuild Blight Areas | 12/5/1957 | See Source »

...researchers added about 1/1000 of an ounce of zinc daily to the diet of cirrhosis patients, and noted that liver function improved within two days to four months. In addition, the amount of the metal excreted from the body was reduced...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Research Links Zinc Deficiency, Liver Cirrhosis | 11/29/1957 | See Source »

...Canada Line. With SAC bombers warned and on their way, electronically guided elements behind the DEW lines -interceptor fighters and guided missiles, already in place-would take on NORAD's second function, the interception and destruction of the attackers. Some 600 miles south of the Arctic DEW line, -the mid-Canada line's double fence of warning stations would pick up the invaders, plotting information on course for their interception in the air north of settled areas. Aircraft control and warning stations of the Pinetree system along both sides of the U.S.-Canadian border would be brought into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: NORAD: DEFENSE OF A CONTINENT | 11/25/1957 | See Source »

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