Word: function
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Connally does bring in the money, however, and fund-raising, McGovern's weak point, is the main function of Texas Democrats for Nixon. State campaign officials estimate that they have raised about $75,000 in small donations so far, but admit that most of the larger contributions are sent directly to Washington...
Once you have taken the course, any center in the world is open to you. A major function of these centers is checking your technique. During the first year of practice, you are urged to go to the center to be checked, "as often as you want, but at least once a month...
Psychiatrists have long suspected that there is a physiological basis for severe depression. They know that thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH), a substance released by the hypothalamus at the base of the brain, triggers the production of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH); now, they hypothesize that it may have another function as well. Drs. Arthur Prange Jr. and Ian Wilson of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and the North Carolina department of mental health have found that TRH, which can be synthesized in the laboratory, seems to function as an antidepressant. They have used it experimentally to provide apparently...
...performing this function, the study is painstakingly thorough. Its feminist objectives aside, it would be a valuable resource for its detailed articulation of Massachusetts government alone. Making up in clarity what it lacks in verve, the writing reflects the "democratic, non-hierarchical fashion" in which the study was produced. The political position of the authors is generally no less thoughtful than their research; their ability to forestall most typical counter-feminist arguments results from the number of perspectives they were willing to incorporate in a cooperative...
...about to risk what they have for something that might be worse. They are not going to react to general slogans about self-actualization, peace, and freedom. Hence the need to develop blueprints which show how the various parts of the system (economy, education, health care, etc.) would function. To call for "socialism" or "humanism" is not good enough...