Word: function
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...when we are injured so that healing can occur. Pain has an evolutionary importance, says Anatomist Allan Basbaum, of the University of California, San Francisco. "Not to have pain at all is a disaster." But when the pain alarm fails to shut off, it ceases to serve a useful function. "Uncontrolled pain," Basbaum notes, "is also a disaster." In fact, it can do serious harm. The acute pain that follows surgery can, for example, sometimes interfere with a patient's ability to breathe, as well as contribute to nausea and add to the strain on the heart. Chronic pain...
Marichal says that the freedom given to Spain's historically fractious provinces is largely due to faith in this "singular function of the crown...
This alienation may be a function of department size--in the smaller departments, junior faculty seem to feel more integrated. In one small department, an assistant professor says, "I don't feel like a junior faculty member at all." "At the margins, departments can do things to improve...the climate and relations between junior and senior faculty," says Putnam, who adds that this is going to be one of his highest priorities as chairman in Government. Besides, says History Department Chairman John Womack Jr. '59, the distance across the tenure line hasn't gotten worse in the last 15 years...
Ferraro wants the vice-presidential nomination, but she is careful not to seek it too hard. Facing a congressional election in November, she devotes several days a week to trekking through her old neighborhood, popping in at every function from bar association luncheons to meetings of retired postal carriers. Whenever a bubblingly optimistic host introduces her as "our next Vice President," Ferraro grins winningly and soft-pedals her chances. "I'm truly most concerned about one thing," she says, "and that's beating Ronald Reagan. If a woman on the ticket would make a stronger ticket...
...positions, and O'Connor would probably still be an Arizona Court of Appeals judge if not for the 1980 Republican victory. Even before feminism took hold, the G.O.P. had a large core of female party activists ready to step into high-profile posts. In part this was a function of demographics: Waspy, well-to-do women tended to be Republicans, and often had the free time and volunteerist spirit to delve into party politics. A generation of such women has now matured. But the G.O.P. is likely to lose this edge soon: the Democrats have more young...