Word: function
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Before such adventurous chemists as Gerhard Schramm even tried to manufacture nucleic acid, they had to understand how its giant molecules are put together, how they function as the essence of life on earth. Last week one American and two British scientists won the 1962 Nobel Prize for Medicine for working out the complex structure of the most vital kind of nucleic acid, and for explaining how its structure enables it to control the heredity of all living creatures...
...question arises, Is this proper scientific research? Leary does not feel he needs to create and control every aspect of the drug-using situation. "Our methods are definitely naturalistic, not experimental," he said. "One function of the local group is to keep very close records. Our main interest is in the subsequent applications of drug experiences in the social life of the individual." Leary seems to be using drug-taking as a subroutine in the larger game he plays of helping people adjust socially...
Admittedly "confused" by his abrupt elevation, the A.P.'s new general manager has no immediate program beyond reemphasizing the A.P.'s increasing role in interpretive reporting: "To sort out what is important is the primary function of a news service today. We have created, and we will create more, special writers who can concentrate on technical areas...
...candidate for high public office has an obligation to debate the issues publicly with his opponents. In the past two years, television has become an accepted means for performing this electoral function. Kennedy's consistent refusal to debate the other major candidates is an affront to the people of Massachusetts and a poor recommendation indeed for election to the Senate...
...beer mug and banner agency, without central direction and constant contact with suppliers. But the case for HSA control of student entertainers is less convincing. If the HSA is to maintain the confidence of the undergraduate community--which it needs in order to perform its main and vital function--it must not act as if it would like to see all student employment centralized through its office. An organization which exists to serve students should not indulge in expansion only for the sake of expansion, lest success in empire building be confused with success in providing opportunities for student employment...