Word: functional
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...arcades, which lead into a three-level lobby where a TIME-LIFE library and a gallery and exhibition center will be open to the public. The building, scheduled for partial completion and occupancy next year, adheres to Louis Sullivan's principle that architectural form should follow human function. In a broader sense, the building is designed not only for our Subscription Services staff but for the needs of the millions of subscribers they serve...
...lifetime at home and abroad championing the idea of Canada's "Canadianness"-a nation distinct from its U.S. good neighbor and Franco-British forefathers. In that cause, he gave an added dimension to the largely ceremonial office of Governor-General, using every ribbon-cutting, banquet, trip and state function to insist that "what we do should have a Canadian character. Nobody looks his best in somebody else's clothes...
Only when these conditions have been met will student government be able to fulfill its function...
SACB hit the headlines several months ago when President Johnson appointed the otherwise unqualified husband of his personal secretary to the Board--a $26,000-a-year job. The uproar in the press also revealed the SACB's function had been virtually eliminated by adverse Supreme Court decisions. The Board was supposed to make "communist" organizations register with the Government. But the Court had ruled that this sort of registration violates the Fifth Amendment protections against self-incrimination...
...part. In Preminger's films, there are no point-of-view shots; Preminger never cuts to what a character sees, instead putting both the watcher and the watched in the same shot. Though Preminger tends to ignore the dramatic world of his films, his camera defines the personality and function of a character by the amount of space placed around him, and by the way he is moved with relation to the frame. The more space Preminger has to work with, the more complex his films become, and Predictably, Preminger is a master if wide-screen cinematic technique. At best...