Word: function
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...make significant inroads against the virus," says Broder, "even in patients who are quite advanced." AZT not only prolongs survival, he explains, but produces "clinical improvements: weight gains, increased energy, neurological improvements." It can reverse one of the most disturbing symptoms of advanced AIDS: dementia and loss of mental function...
...Guaranteeing mortgages] is really a banking function and not normally appropriate for an educational institution," said Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III, who announced the decision last week...
...divestment issue will not change theBoard's role in serving the University, saysoverseer Peter C. Goldmark Jr. '62. The Board'smain function is to send visiting committees toreport on Harvard's various departments andfaculties...
Students were provided additional personal input into the process when the Ad Board added and appeals function in the early 1970s. If the Ad Board agreed to hear an appeal, students were permitted to appear before the Board to present their own case...
Effective immediately, USG will not hire smokers at the acoustical-products plants. This week the company will begin giving periodic physicals and pulmonary-function exams, and a Smokenders program will be started for the third of its workers who smoke. Should smokers' health profiles fail to improve -- an indication that they are sneaking cigarettes at home -- they may be fired...