Word: function
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...independently administer the full range of University punishments--except dismissal and expulsion, which require approval from the full Faculty. But students complaining of violations of their rights had no independent authority to which they could appeal. The only formal channel for their complaints was the COI, a body whose function, according to the Handbook for Students, is to "re-direct [complaints] to the appropriate agency of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences" but which has "no power to make rulings...
Masters anticipated what is expected to be a dramatic reversal in the University's alcohol policy, likely to prohibit any student under 21 years old from drinking at an open party or function...
Langs thinks the "overwhelming responsibilities" of therapists push even some of the best-intentioned into imposing their own madness on therapy | sessions. Many, he says, "function well in their own lives, then come into the office and express their own mad concerns." Under the heading of mad therapies, Langs, a strict Freudian, includes all the sunny, upbeat treatments that are based on reassuring patients of their wonderful qualities. Some therapists in Langs' study assured their patients that their husbands or wives were the really crazy people. After a terrifying nightmare, one patient was told by his therapist that his dream...
Silicon Valley remains rife with speculation about how well Apple will function without Jobs. Sculley is confident: "Steve's great contribution was recognizing that computers were tools for individuals and not large blue boxes for institutions. That doesn't change, whether Steve is here or not." Some observers, noting that Apple stock jumped $1 a share after Jobs' resignation became known, believe his departure may be a blessing for the company. Says David Gold, a Palo Alto venture capitalist: "It's good news for Apple that | he's out of their hair. The loss of a few employees is probably...
...corporate ladder, Bell discovered a "peculiar management structure" at Hutton with fuzzy personal responsibilities. No one, for example, was willing to admit being the immediate boss of Morley, the cash manager. Wrote Bell: "Morley is now an orphan, seemingly lost or at least in limbo along with his corporate function." Even so, the investigator found fault with Lynch because "he should have been aware of potential abuses of overdrafting...