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...building's first floor has a library and a large function room--with some programs requiring participants to spend weeks at a time away from home and six days a week in class, there has to be some room for socializing...
...building's first floor has a library and a large function room--with some programs requiring participants to spend weeks at a time away from home and six days a week in class, there has to be some room for socializing...
...That's function of hitting my spots andkeeping the ball down," Jamieson said. "I don'thave an overpowering fastball like Crockett, soI'm not going to get as many strikeouts...
Also informing the question of what constitutes unacceptable discrimination is the issue of bona fide occupational qualifications. Current law permits discrimination in hiring practices so long as the basis for that discrimination can be tied to some essential job function. So, is being openly gay a legitimate impediment to successful military service? Most Harvard students would presume not, but both officers and scholars of military affairs have made an interesting case that it does. For instance, they argue that the sexual tension that would result from the presence of openly gay soldiers would constitute an unacceptable threat to unit cohesion...
...Clearly, function gives way to form when the weather warms up and work winds down for students...