Word: functioning
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...much as $60 billion a year -would be returned, said the White House, not just to drivers but in equal amounts "to every man, woman and child in America" through income tax credits and direct payments to people who do not owe taxes. The credits and payments would function as a kind of income redistribution device. Lower-income people, who usually do not drive as much as those in higher brackets, would pay less in gasoline taxes but receive the same rebates...
Kushnick's varied styles, integrated with intricate, often poetic lyrics, evoke a spectrum of emotional responses from the listener. Kushnick says, "Sounds come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and the function of the composer is to put them all together and balance them in order to evoke some response from the listener." In technical terms, he says he deals with the expectations produced by structural formulas ("styles"), always modifying them by meddling with cadences, modulations, harmony and rhythm...
...stuff a chief of staff has to deal with, all those intramural problems and the paper flow." Jordan himself says that he has no desire to get in the way of Carter's contact with Cabinet officers and other staffers. The West Wing troops, he believes, must "function as a staff should -that is, to support Carter and monitor things that are going on in the Federal Government, and to help him develop and manage his programs...
Kushnik is, however, a self-conscious creator. At a recent recital, Kushnik remarked, "Sounds come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and the function of the composer is to put them together and balance them in order to evoke some response from the listener...
Although the protesters explain it in different terms, almost all of them express a pessimistic, almost fatalistic feeling that the University can never truly become an institution which ethically invests its funds. Many see the problem not simply as a function of the individuals who form the Corporation, however...