Word: functionally
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...University, Trottenberg went on, is not saving money on the system. Overhead expenses will be greater than they were with maid service. Extra funds are needed to pay the captains, whose function was formerly the janitor's, for the gray dusting coats the porters will wear, and for the extra bookkeeping involved...
...Polo de Franco: "In her lack of affectation, she reminded me much of our own Mrs. Truman. I told her as much and she replied that this was a great compliment . . . She told me something of her household routine. 'Every night after dinner, if there is no official function, the Generalissimo and I sit quietly at home . . . My husband does not smoke or drink, except for an occasional glass of wine with dinner. Then, too, every night there is the matter of arranging the next day's menus. When we do not have guests, this is an easy...
...South Korean government is disorganized, has more than its share of corruption, for a year has been unable to function anywhere near like a normal government. But in the Korean people themselves, near despair though they were, there were still flashes of a dogged will...
...nothing Congress. It had worked its head off at watchdogging (which is also a proper part of its function), spending twelve weeks arguing about the President's right to send troops to Europe, twelve weeks investigating crime, eight weeks investigating the MacArthur affair. But much of that activity would resolve into nothing more than a stack of faded clippings. Meanwhile, "the world's greatest legislative body" dragged confusedly along on its main work...
...proper function of the university, wrote Newman, is 'teaching universal knowledge.' " Your readers will agree that TIME has earned a niche in that category...