Word: functions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...dusty backwater village of San Marcos in northern Nicaragua last week, Ciguena, 25, explained that he supports Violeta Chamorro, whose National Opposition Union (U.N.O.) defeated the Sandinistas at the polls two weeks ago. But Chamorro has called on the contras to disband, and Ciguena doubts that she can function as President without him and his fellow fighters. "The Sandinistas," Ciguena warns, "are very treacherous. If we turn in our arms now, they'll finish us off and go after Dona Violeta. It's the Sandinistas that must disarm...
Well, it's my function...
...sympathy. Decent husband, psycho killer, corporate meanie, hero spy. Like a superior salesman, Baldwin displays his wares without revealing himself. Several directors have called him a chameleon, but McTiernan stresses that "Alec goes further. He gets his freedom by keeping you guessing about who he is. It's a function of his intelligence. Give him a toehold, and he'll scamper up the mountain by himself...
Therefore, I look to the University's performance of a public function as discussed above, including ties to Harvard University, and find that the club does not perform a significant public function...
...joint British-American study, more than 1,000 people have subjected themselves to a common cold virus in the most comprehensive such investigation ever undertaken. The objective: to see how accurately researchers can predict who will get sick based on a psychological profile and measurements of immune function before infection. "Assuming that stress puts people at higher risk," asks Sheldon Cohen, a professor of psychology at Carnegie Mellon University, "will people who have social support in confronting stresses be protected ((from contracting disease))?" The results are being analyzed...