Word: function
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...always concluded that interpretation and enforcement of the rules should also be its responsibility. All voting members of the Board are, therefore, people of sufficient experience, both in years and in level of educational attainment, to be Faculty members, representing the Faculty as a whole in this essential function...
...have expressed even mild opposition to the government. The measures have raised fears that the military leaders of NATO's easternmost member may renege on their pledge. Says the often pro-government columnist Metin Toker: "Whatever they do, it will not create an atmosphere in which democracy can function smoothly...
...issue involved on which there is a semblance of agreement is the definition of death. Traditionally, a person had been considered medically and legally dead when his heart and lungs stopped. Today, however, machines can prolong these visible signs of life even after the brain has ceased to function. The standards for determining "brain death," set forth by a 1968 Harvard Medical School report on irreversible coma, are now widely accepted among medical professionals. Thirty-one states and the District of Columbia have brain-death statutes...
More than any other institution, a college or university must serve as a place for the exchange of ideas. When the exchange is hindered, a university no longer properly serves its function, and one of the most basic tenets of democracy is jeopardized...
Surprisingly, the many critics of the President's so-called "Darth Vader" speech misinterpreted its real function. They have focused solely on the text of the speech to prove that Reagan has not changed his positions on the social issues "as if a president, outside of a great national crisis or clear factual evidence, would be likely to do a public about face and antagonize a large portion of his constituency. What they have failed to note is that in reality. Reagan has done little to further these causes. Not even the symbolic value of having a president who supports...