Word: function
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...body between the closing doors, forcing them to swing open in deference to her protruding belly. I then watch in horror as she attempts to press the 20th floor button. She hits 17, then 19, 22, 24, 26, 18, and then 12. I resolve that people whose fingers cannot function according to their will should ask for assistance in elevators, otherwise they deserve...
...FASCINATION of the interaction between these two characters is that, for all his faith in law and order, Clumly slowly begins to realize the ways in which the society he defends is full of injustice. Through his conversations with The Sunlight Man, it dawns on Clumly that his function as a police officer is merely to preserve the appearance of order in a society rife with crime. As the outlaw magician tells him: "I care about every single case. You care about nothing but the average. I love justice. You love...
...private self and his father (Jamie McInnes) work secretly together to provide continue slapstick comedy. During afternoon tea, Gar predicts every word the elder O'Donnell speaks. When the old man describes his problems with travelling (his bowels cease to function), the unseen alter ego screams "bound by the ass, tethered by the toilet" to the delight of the audience...
...ultimate first strike weapons. Their accuracy, which the authors say is "comparable to hitting the eye of a fly at a distance of 10 miles," is unnecessary for a second strike against Soviet cities. They are intended for one type of target--Soviet missile silos. They serve one function--pre-emptive first strike...
Krishna said that the new lottery systempresents "a nice problem in game theory," whichrests on the premise that "people will maximizewhatever objective function they have...