Word: function
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...revolution would enable more people to work at home. But only 31 % said they would prefer to do so themselves. Most work no longer involves a hay field, a coal mine or a sweatshop, but a field for social intercourse. Psychologist Abraham Maslow defined work as a hierarchy of functions: it first provides food and shelter, the basics, but then it offers security, friendship, "belongingness." This is not just a matter of trading gossip in the corridors; work itself, particularly in the information industries, requires the stimulation of personal contact in the exchange of ideas: sometimes organized conferences, sometimes simply...
...decided it wanted to impose a "toy tax" before Christmas. After almost 30 straight hours of throbbing confusion, the chaplain rose to offer a prayer. "Father in heaven, the Senators are very weary in body and mind," he said. "In such circumstances, heat tends to transcend light, minds function with less discernment and precision...
Gonzales will be "tied down" with general admission business instead of concentrating on specific recruiting duties. Caucus Co-Chairman Paul Godley said. Godley praised the appointment of Gonzales, a Puerto Rican, to the post, but added that "his assigned duties indicate that he will not replace Sellers' function and this does not address the need for a separate minority recruiter...
...quoting the boss's own words back to him, and no President's advisers have ever relished bringing the chief bad news. But there is another difficulty that does seem somewhat peculiar to the Reagan White House: the President abhors conflict among his aides. Says Nancy: "He doesn't function well if there are tensions. He likes everybody to like one another and get along...
Then DeVries removed the two pumping chambers (or ventricles) of Clark's heart, leaving the two atria, which function as storage chambers for blood. In all, about two-thirds of the heart were cut away. The cavity in the chest of the 6-ft. 2-in. Clark could easily accommodate the Jarvik-7. "There's room enough for two!" said DeVries with delight. The prosthesis is slightly larger than an average heart and too large, in fact, for most women...