Word: functioned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...actor of his generation, not Redford or Nicholson, has been a star half as long as Beatty has. Few in the film industry make as much money. No one can do so many of the jobs required to create a successful film as he. In the most visible function, acting, Beatty, unlike Travolta or De Niro, began at the top. He has been a sensation ever since he first appeared on the screen, in Splendor in the Grass, 17 years...
...answers, "Internal bleeding." The more they talk, the less monstrous they become: "I wouldn't mind goin' to school if I knew how to read . . . My dreams scare me ... I want somebody to know I been here . . . I can't do nothing. I can't function...
...major problem with the proposed Constitution is that it provides for no such leverage. At best, the student assembly would function as a student adviser to the Harvard administration, but it is hardly clear that the convention's brainchild would even do that efficiently...
...crucial issue is the Constitution's split between structure and function. The Constitution's structure only facilitates debate. The function needed from a College-wide organization is that of applying pressure on Harvard to take action students want. That function is lacking in the proposed Constitution. We do not need an organizational structure that sees students as "consumers of Harvard's services." We need a student union that recognizes the structural disadvantages of students in Harvard's power system, and we need to organize and change that system...
...Harvard corporation is also planning to assume control of the marketing division of real estate management. Under the current system, the Harvard Housing Office and commercial real estate brokers perform this function. The general consensus in the real estate department is that Harvard could to a better job on the buying and selling scene. "We've been saying for four years that we could be doing a better job," says Raymond T. Miller, manager of acquisitions and marketing. Miller adds that the Corporation will probably be able to straighten out some of the marketing problems, but he is not sure...