Word: function
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Soviet hierarchy following the imposition of martial law in Poland last December. "It made him look good," says the University of California's George Breslauer. "This was not because of any direct role he might have played, but because the crackdown in Poland showed that the function of the secret police remains important...
...about an Alaska pipeline bill, Moyers concluded: "On this bill, the two-party system was not up for grabs. It was up for sale." Strong stuff. Delighted, Ralph Nader's reformers sent every Congressman a copy. But listen to the CBS code of standards: The analyst's "function is to help the listener to understand, to weigh, and to judge, but not to do the judging for him." Moyers says: "I try to stay on this side of advocacy, but it's a dancing line, and sometimes I've been accidentally across that line...
...city's housing policy by, among other methods, denying the board adequate funding to defend its decisions in court. Since any rent board decision may be appealed to district court, this threat, along with other political ploys, help to push the board away from a strictly judicial function. The other factors that significantly damage the credibility of the agency's decision-making process are the attitudes of the board members themselves, who are harshly criticised both by liberals such as Sullivan and conservatives such as Walsh...
...Harvard Crimson's coverage of Third World students and the Harvard Foundation's' function, activities and staffing has been irresponsible and insensitive. Rarely have we seen any newspaper practice such inconsiderate journalistic license. The Crimson's articles have endangered the status of the Foundation, as well as that of minority students at Harvard. They have also jeopardized Dr. S. Allen Counter's personal and professional well-being it is the role of any responsible chronicle to truthfully inform educate its readers so as to enhance the community, yet the Crimson seems bent on degrading and humiliating Third World students...
...April 15, 1982 Crimson editorial piece entitled "An Infirm Foundation" raised some good points pertaining to the formation of the Foundation and its objective. However, Ms. Wall (the author) fell considerably short of accurately describing the function of the Foundation. She fails to address the many difficulties confronting any individual undertaking a project of the size, magnitude, and complexity as that of a Race Relations Foundation. Moreover, Ms. Wall made no mention of the many research projects, (e.g. discrimination in the athletic department, race relations in various undergraduate houses, and an investigation of the educational status of minorities of color...