Word: function
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...argue policy proposals, then asked quick questions, never hesitating to reveal his own lack of expertise. "Can I just ask what was our deficit from last year?" he inquired of Budget Bureau Director David Bell in a meeting on whether to seek tax cuts. Kennedy did not understand the function of the Small Business Administration, asking: "Who can get something from the Small Business Administration that they can't get from the local bank...
...fear that the engineering changes could later cause unforeseen problems. One example: eradication of sickle-cell anemia genes might make an individual more susceptible to malaria. Other clergymen are deeply concerned that scientists, despite their disclaimers, will eventually seek to make more changes - in short, to usurp the creative function of God by building a kind of superman...
...IDAF, by providing funds for lawyers, serves a "priceless" function, Gomes says. Because most South Africans tried for political crimes have little money, they have difficulty obtaining lawyers, since there is no free public defense in South Africa. The IDAF, says Gomes, offers the necessary financial stimulus...
...students interviewed feel that Harvard's most important role concerning South Africa is inherent in its primary function to educate. The most important thing Harvard can do, they say, is teach its students all of the political and economic dynamics of the country. Says Benatar. "They're ally don't have much of a curriculum here on South Africa at all. If they're going to become involved with it, the University must provide more information about the country. Some one up there in the Harvard administration should know better...
...Sandinista regime with funneling arms to and fomenting revolution in neighboring El Salvador at the behest of Cuba and the Soviet Union. The White House has continuously vowed to halt that activity by any means possible. Among those means has been backing the contras, on the grounds that their function has been to interdict the flow of arms from Nicaragua...