Word: function
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...clear example of the limited function of the ACSR is the body's stance on the Sullivan Principles, a very limited code of ethics for companies doing business in South Africa...
Studio musicians should be seriously worried about the growing danger of being replaced by composer-programmed computer synthesizers [Music, Feb. 27]. Now that the function of producing music is more and more in the hands of composers and nonmusicians, a rift is forming between performers and composers. Composers can now afford to hear their work directly and economically on the synthesizers and have consequently come into direct competition with musicians, their onetime partners. One thing is dead certain: audiences will never pay to watch a computer operator walk onto a stage and press PLAY...
Ineraid duplicates this function. A tiny microphone, worn around the ear, is connected to a microprocessor, which turns sound waves into electrical impulses and feeds them through the implanted wires into the auditory nerve. Six of the wires are implanted in those areas of the cochlea that would normally transmit different frequencies, from high to low. The remaining two wires are grounded to muscle tissue to complete the electrical circuit. Says Parkin: "It's like taking the cochlea outside the head and putting it on your belt...
Glenn did not attend last night's function...
...government lifts the current state of emergency, which allows the Sandinistas to control both the press and the army. Ortega announced that the opposition would be given equal media time and access to government funding, but it is still unclear exactly how freely it will be alc lowed to function. Junta Member Carlos Nuñez, wary of the boycott threat, hinted that the government might consider lifting the emergency law as early as April...