Word: functioned
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...defining feature of modernity, and in 1848 technology had jacked up the speed of daily life in several quantum leaps. Photography, not yet a decade old, was still a staggering novelty--unimaginably "real" depictions of reality produced by a little machine!--and the miracle was in part a function of how fast it worked: a picture as detailed as any drawing made not in hours or days but minutes...
...White House approves all U.S. attorneys, who function as the federal government's chief prosecutors in 93 jurisdictions around the country. As political appointees, they serve "at the pleasure of the President," and can be replaced, at least theoretically, at any time for any reason. But group firings in the middle a presidential term are highly unusual. Though Attorney General Alberto Gonzales insisted to Congress that "I would never, ever make a change in a U.S. attorney position for political reasons," critics were outraged at the December dismissals, among them the firing of an Arkansas U.S. attorney to make...
Kajeet isn't first to market. Firefly Mobile has signed up about 200,000 preteen customers over the past two years, touting its parental controls and simple design: the five-button Firefly handset lacks even a number pad. Disney launched its mobile service last year, featuring a child-tracking function that works only on the Disney-branded handsets. Kajeet, on the other hand, thinks kids can handle a grownup phone...
...featured in the “Multiple Strategies” exhibit seem no less “artistic” than the more traditionally acceptable oil paintings. The exhibit shows both the artists’ multiple strategies in creating art and their multiple interpretations of art’s function in society. The pieces, while lighthearted and humorous, will leave you wondering, “Is this really art at all?”Like the works themselves, “Multiple Strategies” may only be an art exhibit because the museum says it?...
...museum that will be located in Barry’s Corner, right in the middle of what Harvard hopes will become the Harvard Square of Allston (see map below). The comment period, which ends this Friday, has sparked a lively debate about the museum’s location and function, and a number of locals have expressed doubts about Harvard’s intentions...