Word: functional
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...manners have changed to some extent, the geisha's true function has not. In essence, it is to be all that a wife should be if she didn't have to wash the dishes, bear the babies, clean the house and grow old and tiresome. To casual guests at a party or to the patron she hopes will one day claim her permanently, the geisha must be tireless and fascinating, solicitous and flattering, soothing and delightful, ready to make conversation, play a game or listen to pompous discourse at the whim of her customer. "A good geisha," said...
...gland that calls forth Magnus Andersen's specialized skill is the pituitary, whose function was unknown in Melville's day. Today medicine knows the pituitary as a master gland in the body's complex and delicately balanced hormonal system; it secretes, among others, the master hormone ACTH (adrenocorticotropic hormone), which regulates activity of the adrenal glands astride the kidneys...
...Fund, administered by prominent graduates and members of the Athletic Department, is gradually being built up by donations, and it is Barnaby's hope that there will eventually be enough money in the permanent fund so that the teams can function on the interest alone...
...architects* was the formidable one of housing its burgeoning staff in building that would not tower above the nearby Lincoln Memorial, would harmonize with the prevailing federal classic and actually incorporate State's present headquarters building. The answer is a utilitarian concrete block that primarily aims to function...
...function of the Foreign Service Officer as a competent and candid reporter of the political, economic, and cultural activities of the country to which he is assigned is his most important duty. It is this phase of his activities which has been most severely damaged. It is not, however, enough to blame McCarthyism for the decline in accurate reporting from the field. The blame lies also in the Dullesian personality and on the Secretary of State's attitude toward policy-making...