Word: functioned
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...pages that follow reveal the whole photograph and provide some astonishments. The eye turns out to be rose petals. The briefcase is an elephant's tail. The crown is the center of a carousel wheel. Tana Hoban's pictures tell a double story and serve a dual function: to entertain and to teach the young...
Well, I'm glad--because I don't want to hang out at final clubs anymore. But a couple of weeks ago, I still went with a friend to a punching function at the Fly. I don't know why--it must have been a regressive instinct. And I did have a good time...
Bush, who held the post of Republican national chair during the height of the Watergate scandal, said Atwater's function would be "winning elections...
...care centers. Violence is a regular visitor to the schoolyard. Last year in New York City there were more than 300 instances in which students punched, stabbed or otherwise assaulted public school teachers. Against such corrosive influences, it is increasingly teachers -- not parents -- who are called upon to function as society's first line of defense. Says Carolee Bogue, dean of students at Fairfax High School in Los Angeles: "Most kids today look to the teachers for the support that they don't get at home...
...sent from China. The English translation of the instructions supplied by the manufacturer was often puzzling. A sample sentence: "Starting direction signal is sent out in electric part, enabling main servomotor open, increasing speed of generating unit and reach to steady speed under no load under the function of auto adjusting speed." Deciphering such instructions and reconciling the various pieces of equipment caused a delay of one year, during which interest payments and other costs continued...