Word: function
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sacks says the institute could be a prototype for legal studies similar to the function the hospital internship serves for medical schools...
...special interest is diluted. A vote against cash benefits for one's constituents can far more easily be defended as a regrettable part of a much broader bill Moreover, an omnibus bill of cuts tends to force special interest groups to compete with each other. Lobbyists clearly function best when they deal with one issue at a time. In fact some White House aides only half facetiously forecast that following the President's proposals on Feb. 18 for sharp spending cuts, special interest lobbyists flying into Washington's National Airport would clog up at the gates...
Braswell said, "The math portion of the test is not intended for math professors or graduate students, but rather for the general student. Its function is to measure aptitude--the ability to deal with quantitative concepts...
...postwar business dynamo, Japan shows that a large and complex society can function smoothly in a tumultuous world environment if people are willing to make some compromises in order to obtain larger objectives. Though the way Japan manages its affairs is, in many respects, the unique outgrowth of the country's historical experience, certain of its lessons can be applied in industrial economies everywhere, and particularly...
...scholars of Japan's business and economic triumphs are now learning, much of that country's success traces back to cultural traits as old as Japan itself. They have helped it survive through a history marked at every turn by the need to function in a world of scarce resources. Those key national traits...