Word: functions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...need a breather during the fall term, and we don't need a calender that simply replaces summer vacation days with winter ones. Those reasons are good enough to forestall change. But more importantly, we need administrators that see Harvard's potential for unmatched excellence as a function of more than the number of its reading days...
...Hanrahan, in the liner notes to this set, writes that there "are few other cases in modern music of a musician inheriting a musical tradition [tango] growing so moribund in its structure and mannerisms, and growing so stiff in its political implications and social function, who so singlehandedly transformed it into a breathing, complex, sensual and powerful music." Even such generous praise is understated; Piazzolla's impact and importance reach far beyond his work in and influence on tango, moving towards a redefinition of the depths of the emotion that can be reached through music...
City Councillor Jonathan S. Myers said Walsh's resignation would enable the council to function more effec- tively...
...Know the function of the U.N., NATO, Amnesty International...
...Turkey: Last January, Zeynep Atici allegedly plied boyfriend Abdullah Kemal Konak with drink, tied him up and cut off his penis with a bread knife after he said he was leaving her for another woman; it is uncertain whether his reattached penis will recover sexual function...