Word: functionalism
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...times. The rage is triggered by the perception that some institutions, having survived the near meltdown of the system with the help of taxpayers' money, are now in a position to reap fat benefits at the expense of the man (or woman) in the street. Speculators may have a function in more prosperous times when they help to clear dead wood. In times of a deep recession, like the one we are still in, they are seen as a new breed of carpetbaggers. Rudy Jakma, LEIXLIP, IRELAND...
...know why I looked him up," says the 37-year-old former advertising-agency executive in Chicago. Garber was showing a co-worker how Facebook works, and to demonstrate the search function - a feature that allows users to search for the names of people they know - she entered Harlan Robins, the name of the first boy she kissed. At the prodding of her co-worker, Garber sent Robins a message. And then she waited. Would he respond? Would he accept her friend request? Was it weird to contact an old summer-camp boyfriend? (See five Facebook no-nos for divorcing...
...Licks is a local business with a quality product, so is Herrell’s, which has offered the same product for 27 years. If Harvard is truly committed to local businesses with “unique” products, why bring in one that serves a virtually identical function as another...
...first line of defense [against disease] is sanitation, and that’s the function of janitors,” said Daniel B. Becker, a union organizer who represents Harvard’s service workers...
...behavior in zebrafish—was awarded tenure in July in the department of molecular and cellular biology. A member of faculty since 2002, Engert has dedicated his time at Harvard to a unique way of studying neural activity that allows the researcher to observe all neurons in a functioning brain. “We look at how the brain processes sensory information—in our case, visual information—and what the brain does with that information in producing behavior,” Engert said. “The zebrafish are small enough that they fit into...