Word: function
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...Harvard's Undergraduate Council elevated status. But the relatively small fee and the refund option reflect a view which downplays the belief that money is a student government's lifeline. Harvard's Dowling says it is important not to let the allocation of funds dominate the council's chief function: meeting as a group and with faculty to discuss College issues. "We believe student organizations should be self-supported as much as possible," he says. "That's different from most other schools with huge amounts of money where the student governments spend most of their time deciding how to distribute...
This seems to be the ACSR's most important function. For while the 300 or so people who showed up at the March ACSR open meeting on South Africa bank loans seemed like a lot, the crowd pales is comparison to the over 3000 people who stormed through. Cambridge in 1978 on a condlelight march to protest Bok's refusal to divest from companies operating in South Africa. The ACSR seems to serve a pivotal role in at least keeping the Corporation thinking about some of the issues involved in ethically managing Harvard's immense portfolio...
...HIID allows for a fairly wide margin of error. It progress is being made to help a substantial number of people, then the Institute's undertakings are viable and acceptable. Nonetheless, the debate over ethics will be present as long as HIID continues to function. In the developing world, such dilemmas are unfortunately a way of life...
...judge give Hary a chance, he could function in society properly...
...TWELVE MEMBER CHORUS on The Frogy provides not only the classical function of explaining or commenting on the drama, but the entertainment value of a modern musical chorus. These twelve alternate as frogs, singing "koax-brek-kek-kek" in the river Styx, and as Dionysians, singing hymns. Sondheim's simple four-part melodies combine new lyrics with quotations from Aristophanes' original to provide enjoyable interludes. The singing, surprisingly strong for a student production, reverberates in the courtyard. The slight echo in the Fogg occasionally interferes with actor's speeches all other times, but during the musical numbers this mild echo...