Word: functioning
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...yawning chasm. As it was, the trade union activists--so hated by Heath--managed to keep some industries open by the strength of their protests. In spite of this success, the unions have had a terribly difficult time with a government that sees labor as fulfilling a profit function rather than a social function...
...asserts that criminal syndicates should be viewed as social and kinship organizations, rather than formal ones. He viewed Italian-American criminal syndicates as a form of social organization patterned by tradition and responsive to the Italian-American urban culture. As persisting social systems, Ianni notes, organized crime syndicates must function as integral parts of the surrounding society. Thus Ianni looked at organized crime as an aspect of the Italian way of life in America. Taking a similar view that Daniel Bell, professor of Sociology, articulated some 15 years ago, Ianni sees the development of the organized crime family he studied...
...replaced by two sets of stairs--one at the lower level entrance to Lamont, and one near the entrance to the Pusey Library (parallel to Widener's main entry). Unlike the grand stairway of Widener or the less monumental stairways of University Hall, the new stairs do not function as the specific entrance to a specific place, but rather as an integral element of the Yard's pedestrian paths...
Speaking to a packed auditorium of over 500 students and guests, he added, "In my opinion, this function is equally if not more important than the duty of legislating." Dash explained the recent seeming inactivity of the committee as a move to prevent interference with Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski, who is expected to ask a grand jury to hand down indictments later this month...
...government's cause was not helped by Patrick Jenkins, an energy minister, who declared that Britons should not turn on the lights when brushing their teeth since this function could easily be performed in the dark. In an inept demonstration of his point, Jenkins posed for the Daily Telegraph shaving by candlelight - using an electric razor...