Word: function
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...second pattern is more certainly the explanation of his rise. The fact that he was a social worker is overrated; by far the most important function of his jobs has always been to bring people together. He did this as head of a city charity, of a large private charity (where he first met the rich and important people who helped him on his way up), and it is one of his principal functions now. It was he whom the President first sent to meet Churchill and Stalin, and he who first suggested the Atlantic Charter meetings where Churchill...
According to the veteran journalist, who has spent 20 years in the field, these men will be needed "to analyze and explain to the public the proposals worked out after the war for achieving world peace and making our economic machine function." "Newspapermen," he believes, "need four important assets: a good working knowledge of the profession, an inquisitive mind, a cynical skepticism, and an ability to write plain English...
...Choosing an Anglican Archbishop is almost entirely a Government function. The Prime Minister consults with the Archbishop of York and other churchmen (in this case including Lord Lang. Temple's predecessor), recommends one of their suggestions to the King...
Speaking before a fiscal policy seminar in Littauer Lounge yesterday afternoon, David Lilienthal, Chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority, explained the function of his organization as the refinement of method and techniques. "TVA has had the task of choosing each step carefully and discarding dogmas," said Lilienthal, in his first appearance at Harvard in two years...
...Communist International (Comintern) was the central organization of all the world's Communist parties, with headquarters in Moscow. In deference to his Allies, Stalin abolished the Comintern. The Communist parties that composed it continue to function as before...