Word: function
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...place created to heal ailing students and to confront illnesses in students who don’t feel like taking exams. They fulfill the latter function well, but they are far off from fulfilling the other--unless sleeplessness is some kind of revolutionary new cure...
...Walter Mondale suggested during the 1984 campaign, to setting up a naval blockade to contain the Sandinistas. But why is it preferable so hugely to commit American resources? To station permanently American troops to serve as a trip wire? (That is how containment works in Europe: the principal function of American soldiers in forward positions is to die and thus bring the U.S. into any European war the Soviets might be tempted to start.) And if a blockade ever became necessary, the U.S. would risk confrontation not just with Nicaraguan forces but with Soviet forces as well. Why is that...
...philosophically recognize that the Reagan agenda is destructive to education--his cuts are shortsighted in terms of the future quality of education of our young people, and their ability to function in society," said Doran...
...noticed several movies now playing that attempt to engage the viewer in the greater questions of life. Do we exist in a world that conforms to some sort of rational order? Can the force of our will exercise any efficacy over our ultimate destiny? Or are we compelled to function as best we can in a universe governed by gods who would rather be out at the local bowling alley trying to pick up that elusive 7-10 split than stay at home minding the cosmological store...
...budget back to student group in the form of grants. Now that The Crimson has finally recognized some of our other accomplishments, how is it possible that the entire editorial staff has "forgotten" what it has repeatedly called our most important (and, of course) our most costly function, in an editorial that explicitly discusses the Council's use of its income? This appears to me, at best, a contradiction of The Crimson's earlier editorial judgment, or, at worst, a flagrant disregard for journalistic integrity...