Word: functional
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...product not just of his behaviors and emotions but more of the way they feed into a larger social network. Think of it as health Facebook-style. "We have a collective identity as a population that transcends individual identity," says Christakis. "This superorganism has an anatomy, physiology, structure and function that we are trying to understand...
Some help with the decisions is to come from the Priorities Committee, an ad hoc body that will function until the completion of the Faculty’s budgetary plans in March. Smith will announce the members of the committee at today’s meeting, according to FAS spokesman Robert P. Mitchell...
...architect's architect, Jorn Utzon, who died Nov. 29 at 90, was immensely creative in his understanding of space. He was also a problem solver, concerned with human scale, structure and function. His life, his legacy and the story of the Sydney Opera House are so intertwined that it is almost impossible to separate them from one another. His astonishing 1957 design was pure poetry. It was a landmark then and remains...
...Flores knows her script; her five semesters on the UC have endowed her with a wealth of knowledge about the organization’s structure and function. But sitting back in her chair, sometimes speaking quickly, her delivery reflects some lingering shyness...
...Crimson investigation conducted in 2003 found that 80 percent of Harvard undergraduates felt depressed at least once in the preceding year, and 47 percent felt so depressed on at least one occasion that it was difficult for them to function. Ten percent reported having seriously considered committing suicide...