Word: functional
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...matter how stupid, extreme, or wrong it may be; Second, never say anything good about the Administration, mention compromises they were willing to make, problems they've had, or the like: Third, realize that Columbia is never to be seen as an educational institution, and that its educational function is never to be hinted at. No, Columbia is the first step, our Boston Tea Party, our Bastille. As the current New Left Notes says, we're not strong enough yet to take over the state, so, On To Morningside Heights...
...million motor vehicles add 230,000 tons of carbon monoxide (52% of smog) and other lethal gases, which then form ozone and peroxyacetyl nitrate that kill or stunt many plants, ranging from orchids to oranges. Tetraethyl lead in auto exhausts affects human nerves, increasing irritability and decreasing normal brain function. Like any metal poison, lead is fatal if enough is ingested. In the auto's 70-year history, the average American's lead content has risen an estimated 125-fold, to near maximum tolerance levels. Arctic glaciers now contain wind-wafted lead...
Although Rizor had the advantage of relative youth, his long-standing heart disease had impaired his lung function, and after the operation he still needed artificial respiration, by way of an oxygen tube cut into his windpipe. Rizor's new heart was doing a fine job of pumping more blood, but the blood was not taking up enough oxygen. Explained Shumway: "This change in circulation has confused his lungs to some extent. The problem is whether there can be a satisfactory adjustment to the new heart. Liver and kidney functions are fine-in other words, all systems...
...Capote's reconstruction of the crime, in fact, Ray's only function was to throw the FBI off the assassin's trail, first by assuming the name of Eric Starvo Gait ("My theory is that there are two Eric Starvo Gaits"), and finally by planting his fingerprints on the gun that was later to be used for killing King...
...years ago, his creature, James Bond, is back, resuscitated by British Author Kingsley Amis.* A specialist on 007, as he proved three years ago in the James Bond Dossier, Amis provides a reasonably healthy, if slightly pale, replica. It remains to be seen whether the trans planted heart will function smoothly (and profitably), or whether it will provoke rejection symptoms. The new Bond lacks much of the comic-book charm that connected so well when the camp craze was at its height a few years ago. He makes a halfhearted attempt to evolve Bond from a set of gangliac reactions...