Word: function
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...took on certain obligations. In the ensuing campaign he disregarded all of them. The refusal to debate with his Republican and Independent opponents might have been excusable if the candidate chose some other forum to set forth and defend his program. But Ted's candidacy served no expository function; he did not present the New Frontier goals to the voters of Massachusetts. Lacking imagination, humility and conviction, the youngest Kennedy substituted a smile, a slogan, and a great deal of money. The best that can be said in his defense is: smart politics. But only if one plays at thinking...
...what missionaries call "sheep stealing." Their lack of community involvement is also resented. Says John Hobgood of the Chicago Commission on Human Relations: "These Pentecostal churches are, by and large, an unintelligent operation in the sense that they usually don't encourage or equip the Puerto Rican to function in the larger community in which he must live." Rejecting the social gospel, Pentecostals concentrate instead on a puritanical personal morality. Members shun cigarettes and whisky; women wear no makeup...
Another important function served by the students is to teach the patients specific skills such as art work or piano-playing. These skills frequently play a major part in speeding a patient's recovery...
...then, of course, in Never Late the stomach has all the lines. Maureen O'Sullivan and Orson Bean are the co-stars--lest one forget--and no mean comics they; but their only function in this play is to feed the laughs to Ford. Ford knows what to do with them, all right. Aren't you pleased? he is asked. "Oh, I'm joyous; [pause] it's just I'm so miserable...
...theory of the ideal examination seems to bear little relation to the realities of examination practice. In answering the questionnaire, not more than half a dozen students mentioned the teaching function of exams. Most of the students favoring the present system emphasized benefits arising from reading-period preparation, rather than the actual process of examination writing. Some felt that without the threat of an examination, they would never have completed the reading list. For others, last-minute studying helped draw together the various materials covered during the term. Those pursuing the second line of reasoning rarely mentioned that the experience...