Word: functioning
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Concluded Javits: "I am fully aware that these proposals are far-reaching and controversial. They go to the very essentials of the way we govern ourselves. [But] I believe that these measures only restore the constitutional process to that state in which they were intended to function, and that if we are to survive and prosper as a Republic, Congress must resume its role as a coequal branch of Government...
...Thieves Like Us are the surfaces of things, the lyric Mississippi atmosphere, the rural details, the moods and faces. These are only incidentals in a lot of films, but here they are pleasant enough to be the most important things, and also to remind us that the best function of art is often not that of probing "depths" but of making us understand and love shallow things, things of the surface...
...Lowell House fire bell system failed to function, leaving many students unaware of the blaze until they were awakened by shouts and whistles from police, firemen and other students...
...would think that the administration could come up with a system that would function when there's a fire," he said. "We're very lucky that nobody was killed...
...Corporation members seem to think of themselves largely as a privy council to the president. An important function of the Corporation, according to Calkins, is to give the president the opportunity to talk out a problem with discrete people who are not around the University all the time, as well as to provide other insights and judgments. The principal function of the Corporation, he says, is to "react in a generally sensible...