Word: function
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...shells, beads, awis and other clues with which they are recreating the world of the Stone Age hunters. Much is known but many questions may never be answered. One of the chief difficulties is that many of the flint tools and other objects, though man-made, served an unknown function. Moreover, organic material, such as reindeer skins and wood, is gone. This is preserved only under unusual circumstances--for example, if it happened to have been buried at the bottom of a lake...
...discussion of federal aid to the University and noticed at least one encouraging sign: a trend away from federal support of specific applied research towards support of research in general. Faculty members also saw hope that this evolution would continue so that Federal grants would aid the whole university function...
...function will replace the traditional, and generally unsuccessful, Freshman Weekend at the 'Cliffe...
...Monday - Saturday, 9 a.m.-1 a.m. Sunday, all year round. This would make the facility available 74% of the time and practically any time a person would want to use it. The cost this would entail is by no means staggering. Widener (reference/reading room, stacks and circulation) could function adequately with a staff of four during these extra hours: one person at the Mass. Av. entrance (the main entrance would be closed); one at the reference desk; one at the stack entrance, who would also check out books (temporary stack passes would be issued freely during these hours...
Boos & Blows. According to Carrara, a particularly important function of his claque is to discipline the amateur fans who applaud for love of music, not money, but who have little knowledge of opera. When he spots amateurs about to start a demonstration, Carrara musters a detachment of claqueurs to drown them out. When Maria Callas sang in Poliuto (TIME, Dec. 19, 1960), a group of Stella's fans booed Callas, were drowned out by the claque and became so enraged that they started a slugging match that sent two combatants to jail. Although the La Scala claque never shouts...