Word: function
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Abouna group's first two patients were suffering from fulminating viral hepatitis, which had completely shut down their liver function. Death was only hours away when Abouna resorted to the use of baboons. The animals were given fatal doses of anesthesia. Their excised livers were then washed in order to remove, as much as possible, the proteins that might trigger a reaction in the patient. Finally, the patients' circulatory systems were hooked up to the blood vessels of the isolated livers, which rested at bedside in stainless steel chambers. While the patients' blood circulated through the baboon...
...There's no reason that students like John and me should be doing this," he added. "It's a full-time job, and it's a job that's a function of the College...
...third function of a living mythology is to support the social order through rites and rituals that will impress and mold the young. In India, for example, the basic myth is that of an impersonal power, Brahma, that embodies the universe. The laws of caste are regarded as inherent features of this universe and are accepted and obeyed from childhood. Cruel as this may seem to Westerners, the myth of caste does give Indian society a stability it might otherwise lack and does make life bearable to the impoverished low castes...
...fourth and, in Campbell's view, the most important function of mythology, is to guide the individual, stage by stage, through the inevitable psychological crises of a useful life: from the childhood condition of dependency through the traumas of adolescence and the trials of adulthood to, finally, the deathbed...
...there are many things of this kind. Not only should people who are government consultants not be in this embarrassing position, but the people of the nation should know what their government is doing in their name to a much greater extent than they do. I think democracy cannot function properly with so much secrecy...