Word: functioned
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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That and other things will provoke discussion, and perhaps a little, thought. Therein lies the beauty of it. But whatever the faults, they are not the fatal ones of boredom. They, as well as the virtues, fulfill the ancient function of the theatre--that place for seeing--and so to repeat my point, it is a play...
...Hooker, owner of an electro-chemical company at Niagara Falls, built two of the Muscle Shoals units during the War. J. G. White is a great chemical manufacturer. Atterbury, famed "General," is operative head of the Pennsylvania Railroad. They aggregate no mean amount of prestige. Their offer is to function as an operating company for the Government in the manufacture of a metallic magnesium aluminum alloy, which has the strength of mild steel, would revolutionize railway car construction, cheapen transportation, provide stocks of metal?discovered by the Germans in the World War? for airplanes and dirigible structures...
Heart. One of the orifices of the heart of a 14-year old girl was so small the heart could not function. Death seemed inevitable. A surgeon opened the sack which enfolds the heart. He exposed the heart itself. While it beat, he inserted his finger into the orifice, opened it. Then the sack was closed, and slowly the patient recovered...
...will follow, not daring to be scooped. Said he: "Newspapers are now largely purveyors of merchandise. Naturally the business office has influence over news and editorial policy. Publishers couldn't make large newspapers except through the aid of advertising, but when they do make large newspapers, the old function of digging up unpleasant things is cut off. "Then a great many correspondents have two employers-their newspaper, which does not pay them any too well, and a government official who helps along their incomes. "Finally, some of the well-paid correspondents like the social life. They are 'wined...
...comes down to this" he concluded, "it is the function of High School athletic authorities to safeguard the health of students to their care. We can't do this by dispatching teams all over the country for intersectional contests, nor can we do it by sanctioning post-season games. If we can't have idealism and its attending benefits in High SchSool athletics, I'd like to know where we can have...