Word: functions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Windows, and the Scripture reading was a screechy passage from Jeremiah, and the sermon was very antimoney, antigrowth, antientrepreneurship, and it scrolled on for hours; and when the Confession window opened, Bill clicked twice on the Pride icon and then Continue and saw This program has performed an immoral function and will be shut down, and in that moment he went blind...
...wins, because shimmering, jewel-encrusted, heedless movie stardom defeats all common morality. Her wit completes her cosmic victory, particularly in her facial expression of painful, soul-wrenching yearning when gazing upon a diamond tiara, a trinket she initially attempts to wear around her neck. Discovering the item's true function, she burbles, "I always love finding new places to wear diamonds!" Movies can offer a very specific bliss, the gorgeousness of a perfectly lighted fairy tale. Watching Marilyn operate her lips and eyebrows while breathlessly seducing an elderly millionaire is like experiencing the invention of ice cream...
...Science writers serve a very important function, which is to translate advances in science for the public, which is paying for that in grants," he says. "The only difficulty is that when research comes close to moving from the laboratory to patients, it can create raised expectations and let people down...
...physical plant will really follow the adage of form follows function," Zewinski says. "Whatever the academic priorities are will shape the physical plant...
...physical plant will really follow theadage of form follows function," Zewinski says."Whatever the academic priorities are will shapethe physical plant...