Word: function
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...united body. The new group has proposed the creation of a "monitering committee"--representing various factions in public TV, including CPB--with power to decide disputes over "balance and objectivity" in public affairs programming. They also reiterated that CPB must not assume control of the scheduling function of PBS. On April 13, CPB will announce whether or not it will accept this compromise. WGBH's Rice contents that. "The next two weeks may be the most crucial in the life of PBS. If CPB rejects the new PBS, then public TV is in dire trouble." And the Administration will have...
...associates, Edward Barrett, was recently convicted of bribery, mail fraud and tax evasion. Since 1955 Barrett had been Cook County clerk, an influential office that carries rich patronage powers. The clerk's office does everything from dispensing birth certificates to buying and operating voting machines-always an interesting function in Cook County...
...professor who has watched him for many years. "In some ways his attitude toward writing is un-professional--I mean that in a complimentary sense. Although Kiely's very good in his field, he's been less interested in advancing his position in the field than in fulfilling his function as a teacher. More than most people his age, he's youthful--he's been able to maintain a sympathetic understanding of what it's like to be an undergraduate...
Obviously, the involvement of former White House aides and Nixon's closest campaign workers would lead any investigative agency to suspect that presidential advisers might have inspired the operation. If ever there was to be a test of whether the FBI could pursue its purely police function and stand aloof from partisan politics, this was it. Gray flunked the test...
...will be to handle cultural exchanges and trade between the U.S. and China. Almost negligible a few years ago, U.S. trade with China is currently running at the rate of $300 million annually, a figure which was not expected to be reached for another ten years. But the main function of the office will be to open regular contact between two estranged and, until recently, hostile countries that have everyday business to talk about...