Word: function
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...what exactly is the FDO's function? Students certainly hold different opinions on its role in the University's administrative structure. One freshman recently termed it "An unnecessary, bureaucratic, paternalistic institution." "An innocuous, friendly bunch of people," his Freshman Union dinnermate disagreed...
MARILYN FERGUSON, editor of the Brain/Mind Bulletin, a newsletter about new discoveries in consciousness, brain function, biofeedback, meditation, dreams, psychiatry, etc., has ostensibly written a book not on religions or religions change, but about social and political transformations. However, these transformations are predicted on the so-called consciousness revolution, the inner changes produced by a decade of millions of altered awarenesses, self-actualizations, encounter sessions, gurus and shrinks...
...strikes were swiftly put down by a combination of reason and rule. After dispatching his Labor Minister on a nationwide tour to hear the workers' grievances, Mugabe angrily described their actions as "nothing short of criminal." Sounding much like a hard-nosed conservative, he declared that "the primary function of any government is to ensure the permanence of peace through the maintenance of law and order." The strikes kindled deep resentment among Mugabe's followers, some of whom charged that they had been politically inspired by labor organizers loyal to Nkomo...
...mention Anderson's name explicitly. Hunt urged the use of LSD on the steering wheel of the "target's" automobile to cause him to hallucinate at a public function and thus be discredited. The doctor shot down that idea on the ground that CIA experience with the drug had demonstrated the unpredictability of individual reaction...
Hunt asked whether a massive LSD dose might not cause such disruption of motor function that the driver of a car would lose control of it and crash. The doctor repeated his earlier negative advice on the use of LSD. Besides, though LSD can be absorbed through the skin, our hypothetical target might be wearing gloves against the winter cold, or be chauffeur-driven...