Word: functions
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...early mammalian embryo is far too fragile for any sort of cell manipulation. Besides, much of human behavior is learned, not hardwired. So what practical results might come from his work? Balaban sees it as a first step toward a very different goal: learning enough about the structure and function of the brain so that when human brain cells are damaged, say by stroke, other cells might be recruited to take over...
Rebecca E. Stich '98, PBHA programming co-chair, said that the new list holds PBHA programs up to higher quality standards and requires the officers to analyze whether a program's function overlaps with existing programs and whether it serves a community that needs...
Mathews explains that the game not only fulfills a major procrastinatory function, it also has the potential to deliver a huge ego boost...
...Defense Fund plays a necessary watchdog function in the Square," says Charles M. Sullivan, executive director of the Cambridge Historical Commission and a 32-year resident of the city. "It's an area where the stakes are highest and the controversy's the sharpest. And the Defense Fund has been correspondingly vigorous...
...thought that the tenure policy was a function of the quality of my work I might go for [a tenured post]," explained Kanwisher. "But that's not how Harvard works...