Word: functioned
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Federal Board of Tax Appeals (Time, July 28) has begun to function. It decided its first case and gave out its findings. The report, from the early date of its appearance, and from its brevity (only seven typewritten pages) seems to indicate that the Board is functioning in a direct and businesslike...
Said a minister: "It is the function of the schools to train young folks to earn a livelihood...
...Ramsay are the best of friends. Queen Mary is also very much attached to the Premier. Recently, at a State function, the King and Queen conversed with the Premier for so long that many guests were seen stifling their yawns...
...degrees. It is also very ancient, dating from many centuries before the Christian Era. At the time of the Druids, the Gorsedd had considerable political importance, but afterward, when their political power was broken, it be came an institution for preserving the traditions, laws and doctrines of bardism - a function which it still fulfils...
...false gusto, a few simple truths about Art, pointing out that Art, like Nature, never dies, that the old masters of today were once contemporaries, a fact too frequently forgotten by their exclusive worshippers, that the contemporaries of today will be the old masters of tomorrow, and that the function of the enlightened is to select them. He dwelt with considerable warmth on the part which Art and its appreciation plays in overcoming national prejudices, and securing international concord, concluding with a tribute to French genius...