Word: function
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...plane crashed on either the New York or Georgia flight, the Senate would have been practically destroyed as a political institution. Should a majority of Senators die, the Senate could not even legally function. The prospect so disturbed Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield that he prepared a private memo on the problem. "Often the necessary precautions are not being taken to protect the Senate as a viable institution," he wrote. "Too often a significant percentage of the Senate, even up to a majority, is permitted to fly in a single aircraft. This is an unacceptable risk for the country...
...page decision, Brieant noted that almost half of Hagopian's demerits were reported by his company's tactical officer, who then awarded the demerits and finally determined whether the demerits were correct, without Hagopian ever receiving a fair hearing. "Such merger of prosecutorial and judicial function [in a case leading to expulsion]," Brieant said, "does not satisfy due process or the simple needs of natural justice." West Point said it would obey orders...
...addition to making Italy's 35th postwar government function, Andreotti must also maintain discipline among the nine factions of his own party. With such a narrow majority, moreover, he must somehow persuade the Socialists to cooperate instead of fighting him. Those who believe he can do it point out that Andreotti is referred to by other politicians as "the joker." In Italy, the joker is always the decisive card...
...politician. The party provided a bridge between the ordinary citizen and his government. But as time went by, the Democratic organization grew remote." In this analysis, the practitioners of the new politics are arguing in effect that the old politics really is not old enough, having lost the traditional function of service to people. Elstein believes that would change with McGovern...
There is even an International Frisbee Tournament held annually in the isolated Michigan Upper Peninsula community of Copper Harbor (pop. 50). Two weeks ago, several thousand spectators came to watch 36 teams bearing such titles as the Function Junction Double Suction Pump Five and the Humbly Magnificent Champions of the Universe compete for the world's Guts Frisbee championship. Some of the players came from as far away as Canada, Germany and Australia. And though the tournament's atmosphere of low camp was clearly a spoof on all organized sports, the matches were fought in dead earnest...