Word: function
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wife and I write together. We actually have the same view of the question of stereotypes which is that the primary function--now, we may be wrong in this and stereotypes may do a great deal of harm--but that the primary function as a writer, as an artist, is to hold the mirror up to nature and to depict women and Black people as you perceive them, not how they should...
...your editorial of October 22 ("The U.C. Finds Itself"), you argue that the proper role of the Undergraduate Council is to promote campus social life. Indeed this is an important function of the U.C. The council should follow last year's successful Elvis Costello concert and "Big Party" with more concerts and more campus-wide events. It is incorrect, however, to assert that this is the only function that the council can and should perform. Council history has shown that representing student interests and promoting social life are not incompatible goals of student government...
Once Reagan had established a symbolic and rhetorical framework in which to function, he had only to flex his military muscles slightly to intimidate. Granada may not have been an impressive target, but it showed Reagan's apparent willingness to use U.S. military might to achieve U.S. political objectives...
...predominance of national security protection as a government function has generated a series of specific policies limiting public access to certain categories of information...
...problem is not limited to business schools. Science whiz kids; computer hotshots; music, art and writing students -- all have worked with professors to create marketable projects. In B-school classrooms, however, the issues of money and purpose may be irresolvably muddied by the institution's bedrock function of providing an education pointed toward profit. Dean John Rosenblum of the University of Virginia's business school notes that, like others, his school routinely participates in corporate-sponsored contests with financial rewards for smart students. Thus he sees nothing inherently wrong in a classroom offer...