Word: functioned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hoped the center will "function as a hub" for a University-wide public policy program which will bring together faculty members from a number of departments, Graham T. Allison '62, dean-designate of the school, said yesterday...
However, one look at a list of pennant winners through this century reveals anything but an equal division of league titles. Between 1900 and 1960 the New York Yankees totally dominated the American League, carrying home for 25 pennants. Obviously, the reserve clause was not fulfilling its expected function...
...mandate but not within the general public's perception of her duties. Nobody accuses Garguilo of specifically favoring or hounding anyone; it is more an "us" against "her" situation. However, the finance commission operates in a city with few ethical norms in its politics, and to expect it to function without being political is like Sen. Edward R. Brooke (R-Mass.) exploited their position to gain higher office, yet the Barnum analogy still holds true...
...recent trend toward taxing religious institutions (hard-pressed New York City, for example, has withdrawn exemption from the property of the American Bible Society). Kelley argues that churches should be protected as the only institutions that provide meaning in people's lives on a massive scale, a function of great social value even to nonbelievers. He points out that tax-exempt church properties are not a big cause of municipal deficits (95.5% of exempt property in New York City is non-religious). Responsible church groups, Kelley notes, have long advocated taxation of profit-making businesses owned by religions...
...that mixed environment, Bradshaw sees the need for each element to perform the function that it does best. As Bradshaw wrote in the February Fortune: "We should not strive to bring about more government intervention in economic matters, but we surely need to make that intervention more rational. " Bradshaw's prescription: Government must set the overall goals and signal to industry what it wants done. Then, with a minimum of federal interference, industry should get on with the job of accomplishing those goals...