Word: functional
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...with dirty clothes and bodies have a tough time at school, she'd like to see laundry machines and showers there. She'd like federal assistance programs to start covering some hygiene items. And she'd like the average citizen to realize how hard it is for people to function at the poverty line. Failing that, she'll settle for free diapers...
...when I thought about it, there was something disturbing about the fact that someone had chopped off part of my penis - a part that not only had nerve endings and a protective function but also could have made me look bigger. When I presented these arguments to my lovely wife Cassandra, she told me to shut up. Her argument was largely based on aesthetics and involved a lot of detailed talk about the surprising number of men she had dated. It's hard to win a debate when you're busy covering your ears and singing to yourself. (Read about...
...pilot is to test the program’s viability and see if the model can function next year...
...recognition for discovering the sixth most common protein in the blood in 1979 and has spent 30 years trying to unravel its function...
...theories of physics, including wave-particle duality. “The theme of seeing, of turning back to see, of interrogating the past for answers keeps coming back through the play,” Radulian wrote in an email. “The physical concept of collapsing the wave function through observation is paralleled with the Orpheus story. If you don’t look, both choices are still possible; ‘yes’ and ‘no’ exist and are valid at the same time. If you look, one of the possibilities vanishes. This...