Word: function
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Board of Overseers, whose chief function is to approve appointments made by the Presidents and Fellows, consists of 30 alumni. Five members are elected at each commencement for six-year terms...
Society could hardly function without its charity balls; politicians live off $100-a-plate fund-raising dinners; and in Harlem, rent parties-a tradition that became famous during the Depression-still go on. But the latest thing is a project party thrown for the benefit and profit of no one less dear than oneself or one's friends...
After the wisdoms, the teeth most likely to become impacted are the canines, which may be trapped between the incisors and the bicuspids (the double-pointed teeth immediately behind them). The canines are so important to both the shape and function of the jaws that the dental surgeon should do his utmost to help them achieve their normal position. Only if that is impossible should canines be extracted. Even when an impacted tooth is clearly infected, there is still disagreement as to when it ought to come out. Should the dentist wait for the infection to be healed by antibiotics...
...Norman O. Brown. Epstein surveys his duties with cynical modesty. "You're just a valet," he says. "The suit comes in and you adjust the buttons. Any role you play is accidental. You were at the right place at the right time." But most authors consider the editorial function a little more important than that. In a left-handed compliment, Critic Leslie Fiedler once described the typical book editor as "an odd blend of schoolmarm and Jewish mother...
John Simon, drama critic for the Hudson Review, disagreed, insisting that "the function of a critic is to be a teacher and an artist...