Word: functions
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Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote that the "life of religion is not the logic of theology but the rending of human experience." We can apply the formalistic aspects of theological study to the moral dimensions accountable to the societies in which they function and thrive. We can apply our findings to the study of the relative merits of cooperation and competition, while examining notions of equality and inequality. What do the industrialized nations owe less developed countries? What do we own the less fortunate...
...Northwest deal flies, it would mark the first time in the U.S. that a foreign and a domestic airline would be allowed to function as one company. KLM and NW will consolidate their fleets, fare structures and sales forces. But the merger may be too little, too late for financially troubled NW, which is struggling to avoid bankruptcy. Meanwhile, the U.S. airline industry remains a dangerous battleground. MGM Grand Air, a three-year-old luxury carrier, withdrew from scheduled passenger service last week after it failed to stem financial losses...
...second lottery round would function just as the current non-ordered choicesystem does and give an additional 25 percent ofthe remaining students their first choice. Thosestudents not yet housed would be given one oftheir three remaining choices or randomized intoan unfilled house...
...report also advocates reestablishing afirst-year student government. Currently, thefirst-year caucus of the Undergraduate Councilserves the function of the former FreshmanCouncil...
Even the Department's top administrator conceded that the move would have little or no practical impact on the lives of undergraduates. The committee on History and Science, which oversees an interdisciplinary undergraduate concentration, has had no real function for several years, said Owen Gingerich, chair of the Department of the History of Science...