Word: function
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Among the pillars of Exam Group XII is English 70, a popular tour of American literature conducted this term by Alan Heimert. Elsewhere in the English Department Walter Jackson Bate illuminates the "Function and Criticism of Literature" in English 192, and scads of undergrads submit to the spell of John Finley's epic oratory in Hum 2. Universalists must choose between Merle Fainsod's treatment of Soviet Dictatorship in Government' 115 and the "Principles of Ecology" studied in Biology 143; the undecided settle on Iranian 175, "the Culture of Ancient Iran." Scientists delve into Geology 271a, "Mining Geology," or aspire...
...victory required idealism aided by salesmanship. Whatever his activities, Jackson's strongest loyalty remained to journalism, and from the travels that brought him close to the world's leaders he sent back confidential reports which delighted his editorial colleagues with their vividness and clarity. His most frequent function at Time Inc. was to shoulder the most difficult publishing problems and to soothe outside critics as a matchless corporate ambassador...
Midway through August, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy '48 appointed James Vorenberg '49, professor of Law, to head a newly created Office of Criminal Justice. The general function of the new office will be to study and evaluate the effectiveness of the federal law system. Kennedy said he created the office to ensure that "the department over which I preside is more than a Department of Prosecution and is in fact a Department of Justice...
Since the coup took place shortly after sunrise, and Saigon, at least, does not begin to function as a city until after breakfast, no one could be sure how secure Phat's new government would be. In the confusion, one South
China watchers like to keep tabs on the top dozen men of the Communist Politburo. Last week they were asking each other, "What has happened to Chou En-lai?" Peking's Premier has not been seen at a public function for more than a month. He returned from his tour of Africa last February looking tired and sickly, and he is known to have rested for two weeks in southwest ern China before resuming his duties...