Word: function
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Nixon was right, as usual, in his psychological estimate of me. It is always difficult to reverse the relationship with a subordinate. Yet I realized that coherence had to be restored to the White House. Nixon could not function without a strong chief of staff to shield him from the day-to-day management of the bureaucracy and to implement his decisions, and Haig was the only possible choice...
HIIDs main function is the undertaking of development projects in Third World countries. Currently, for example, at HIID seam led by Malcolm Gillis, an HIID fellow is working on a plan to drastically reform Indonesia's tax administration through computerization. Such projects abound and have reportedly earned HIID the respect of officials in many developing nations. One State Department official says HIID is among the most efficient and well-liked groups working in the Third World. "What separates HIID from U.S. agencies like the-Agency for International Development and other development projects," the official says. "Is the perception...
...human life. The pursuit of happiness cannot be supported by homicide: as we fought for human rights against the genocide perpetrated by Nazi Germany, so must we reject the legalized homicide that is abortion. If life is not held sacred by a society, on what basis can that society function? If we are allowed to destroy lie because of our "commitment" to ourselves, how can own lives have any essential value? The future of our society rests in us; we cannot exterminate these unborn people because they inconvenience us. Kathleen Carroll...
...Shan mercenaries. The open clash on Thai soil enraged Bangkok, already under mounting pressure from both the U.S. and Australia to crack down on the heroin trade. Says a Western diplomat in Bangkok: "The Thais finally concluded it was not in their interest to allow Khun Sa to function in Thailand. The domestic and international costs became too high...
...have realized Walter Gropius' 63-year-old Bauhaus dream of a marriage between art and technology. At Gropius' German Bauhaus school of design, there was to be no distinction between engineering and styling, between the structure of a building or object and its decoration, between form and function. But the marriage was rarely consummated, and "functional design" more often than not has become just another style that sometimes obstructs practical function. In industrial design, particularly in America, the engineers may call the shots. Designers are brought in to package the product for sales appeal. Says Italian-born American...