Word: functionally
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...come back for free checkups for the rest of their lives. The program, like the hospital, is mainly supported by private donations. The first 650 volunteers are expected to inaugurate the St. Jude Life Project this month. They will undergo blood tests to evaluate kidney, liver, thyroid and immune function; MRI scans to look for abnormal growths; and, depending on the type of treatments they received, consultations with fertility and other specialists...
...Zuckerberg: I think there's confusion around what the point of social networks is. A lot of different companies characterized as social networks have different goals - some serve the function of business networking, some are media portals. What we're trying to do is just make it really efficient for people to communicate, get information and share information. We always try to emphasize the utility component...
While the Overseers serve in an advisory capacity and cannot directly change policy, their function is to visit the University periodically and to check up on the quality of teaching, administration, and research at Harvard...
...public health officials have been arguing for decades - that cordoning off smokers in indoor environments or relying on ventilation systems in restaurants and bars is not enough. "There is experimental evidence from studies where you put nonsmokers in a room, blow smoke into the room and measure their artery function, that you see the platelets get sticky, which can cause clots and lead to a heart attack, and the ability of the arteries to dilate decreases very rapidly," says Dr. Matthew McKenna, director of the office on smoking and public health for the Centers for Disease Control...
...Sometimes I overestimate my ability to function under duress with less than enough sleep. We all have trouble sleeping. Do you have trouble sleeping?" And then Willis moves on to something else, and I think that, maybe, actually, Bruce Willis knows that I know he might be lying, and he respects me enough not to pretend he's not. We're both men who understand that I have to ask him something that requires a lie, and he has to deliver that...