Word: function
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...Form follows function" has been the anthem of much 20th century architecture and design, but it will be the function of the Design section to follow form-to trace its myriad varieties and analyze its influence on the way we live, work and play. The section will interpret, in the widest possible sense, the patterns and shapes of our world. Design, noted the celebrated architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, includes everything from teacups to city planning. Accordingly, says Senior Editor William Ewald, who will edit the new section, "Design will deal with, say, the silhouette of a new telephone...
...Indian women to function in a dichotomous position," she said, later citing the Iroquios proverb, "One does not long remain with feet in two canoes...
...first death occurred on May 1, when Jaime Vaquero Garcia, 8, died in Torrejon de Ardoz, near Madrid. His five brothers and sisters also suffered from signs and symptoms that were soon to become all too familiar-severe muscular pain, fever, skin rashes and impaired nerve function-but all of them survived...
Television, whose commercials have lured many young people to Broadway, has also shaped (or dulled) their tastes; anything alive and kicking may look like a masterpiece. There is no question that, as a museum of musical art, Broadway delivers. But the function of any popular art is to serve the intelligent heart as well as the expense account. The commercial theater should be able to do better. Many sympathetic observers believe it will. Surely, in the past...
...Reisz creation is open film-making, with no secrets from the audience. You know the pattern from the first scene, when the actress crosses the set and becomes the character. The only problem with Pinter's structure is that you're never quite sure whether its form follows its function, or vice-versa. At times the two stories seem to have been contrived just to play off one another. The juxtaposition adds richness, though, if perhaps too few insights aside from biting reminders of our 20th-century roots...