Word: function
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...admire your essay on criminal justice [July 16] as clear and to the point. Professor Vorenberg may find that he is moving us forward on a far broader front than the one of immediate concern to him. The administration of law, even at the level of the police function, calls for discretionary decisions by public officials. If we want to preserve inviolate the rights to privacy and protection afforded us by the Constitution, all actions by public servants must eventually reach the eyes of the public. Tape-delay technology offers us the means, and any public procedures that have traditionally...
...years for breaking and entering. Pennell will soon become eligible for parole, and hopes eventually to start life anew as a two-fisted worker in a furniture factory. Though he may never regain full feeling in his left hand, Dr. Meredith expects it will eventually recover 70% of its function...
There is a possibility that hiccups may return when the nerve regenerates eight to twelve months from now. If that happens, the surgeons may move in and sever the nerve completely. "The part of the diaphragm that the nerve controls will then no longer function," explained one of Lucy's doctors. "But you lose only 25% of your breathing capacity when you lose one phrenic nerve-which is nothing to the average person." Lucy agrees with enthusiasm. "Not one hiccup," she exulted. "I've even been trying to hiccup...
...time they are through with their training, the astro-scientists will be able to fly space capsules as well as jets. They will probably do some spacecraft piloting, but their main function will be as expert passengers in moon flights four or five years from now. Explains Dr. Robert R. Gilruth, director of NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston: "After we've developed a transportation system to the moon and back, we can enjoy the luxury of scientific experiments...
...road. There was nothing he could do for Trips-or for 17 spectators who had been leaning on the fence. "When a thing like that happens," says Jim, "you vow that you will never drive in a race again. But then your mind begins to function, and everyday things begin to crowd their way back. Three days later, you are packing your bags for another race. I am lucky to have been blessed with a short memory...