Word: function
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...zone" around the foot of the mountain. Some of those denied access have accused the Forest Service and the U.S.G.S. of conspiring to corner data from the mountain, using bureaucratic red tape to keep out competing researchers. One regulation: each investigating team must have a radio operator, a function that is being performed by local hams. But now there are not enough to go around, and scientists must wait days to get one. Moans Portland State's Allen, head of the screening committee: "Dozens and dozens of scientists have been turned away, and we've lost invaluable information...
...Corporation comes to the aid of ailing University budgets because all University departments function as financially separate units-one may do very well while others may flounder, Barry said...
...will they be modified or inactivated by the animal's own genetic machinery? Will the foreign genes free-float in the cells or will they latch on to the other genes arranged along the chromosomes? Will genes that normally are switched on only in specific types of cells function in the same way when they have been introduced into other types of cells through genetic engineering? Finally, will transplanted genes be inherited by the animal's descendants...
...function of the huge congress was more formal than real. It was to rubber-stamp decisions already made by the party's leaders and carefully advertised in advance. Still, every effort was being made to make it a showcase event and to prepare the country for the changeover. The congress was also expected to consider new laws on marriage, income tax and foreign investment, and was likely to approve a measure limiting the length of time one individual can hold any given public office. In a highly unusual gesture of openness, the foreign press was invited to attend some...
When a government proves to function in a social vacuum, the process of putting it away is more of a problem. Short of war there are words of protest, but in the middle distance the assassin has free rein. The rein might be shortened considerably if the words of protest were harsher or more frequent, or, better still, if they were attached to an economic quarantine. To treat killer governments as pariahs would only be fair, after all, and the purpose of a quarantine is to prevent contagion. To date, however, the world seems to be going on the hope...