Word: function
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...over the Atlantic as it was supposed to do, the Redstone roared a few inches into the air and then settled lumpishly back onto its launching pad. Adding to the absurdity of the scene was the wild behavior of the small "escape rocket" perched atop the Mercury capsule. The function of the escape rocket is to save the astronaut's life by blasting off in a hurry, taking the capsule with it, if the main rocket malfunctions. But this time the electronic signals got scrambled and the escape rocket blasted into the blue all alone, leaving the Mercury capsule...
...report carefully states its limitations and thus avoids at least two matters of great concern. Whether federal aid has "distorted the basic function of the universities" by its emphasis on science is a question considered "beyond the report's mission." As much as humanists and social scientists complain about their neglect, there has yet to be a clear, sensible appraisal of federal aid and its relative support for each of the three areas of study. It is hoped that the science report will inspire a similar examination of this related matter, one that the current report says "deserves careful attention...
...Bulletin letter, Bayley F. Mason '51, a member of the Schools and Scholarships Committee of the Harvard Club of Boston, wrote, "Harvard's policy on recruiting by coaches is essentially that this is not their normal function." The letter charged that most of the Ivies have more liberal policies than Harvard's, and that at least one institution allows its coaches "virtually a free rein" in recruiting...
...Objective. Brookings was never quite that under its scholarly first president, Harold G. Moulton. It granted only 74 doctorates before dropping the program in 1936. But its economic research had a profound effect on national policy under both Democratic and Republican administrations. Brookings experts clarified and defined nearly every function of Government, from Indian affairs to forest control. Later they deflated many New Deal ideas, notably the theory that only pump-priming could make the economy grow. During World War II, Brookings went into everything from manpower allocation to postwar reconversion. In 1947, when Congress scrapped on foreign aid proposals...
...this statement suggests, Novelist O'Hara is not one of those few who can function in the ooze of the soul's floor; he works best at middle depth, and in a story composed mostly of dialogue, that is where he must stay. It is not a bad place for any writer...