Word: functionally
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...what is needed. Omitting such authors as Byron, Shelly, Browning, Forester and Woolf, it does not pretend to be comprehensive. At the same time not enough is read of any single author to give the student a complete view of him. Nor is it a survey course's function to do so. Instead, it should touch on more major authors, reading less of each to make up for the increase in number. This would help broaden the student's grasp of English literature...
...Survivors. Since film has been forced on them, the networks have moved to capture another middleman function: distribution. NBC, CBS and ABC are organized to sell reruns of their TV films to advertisers and independent TV stations. Says NBC Film Division's Director Ted Sisson: "A few big distributors are eventually going to control the industry." Some filmed shows, such as Victory at Sea, have higher ratings on their second runs than on their firsts. Others, e.g., Hopalong Cassidy, have been re-run as many as five times in the same city...
...years, all British gold dealings have been handled by the Bank of England under strict government control. By letting a free market function once more (but with restrictions on those who may buy gold), the British Treasury hopes to bolster confidence in the pound sterling, bring closer the day when it may become freely convertible with dollars and every other currency in the world...
...ruffling up" anybody, while they may have been slightly overzealous in performing their duty, they, in the main, did an admirable job. I feel that continuing the Smoker is advisable although possibly minor alterations could be made. In contrast to the editor, I feel that it does perform its function. Jan Basch...
Abrams also predicted that the AFROTC resolution would be approved. "Here's a case where the Council can serve a worthwhile function in the College," he said. "I don't think there's any reason why it should not give us full support...