Word: function
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Bruner explained that the issues in the nature of learning today are structure, economy, the intrinsic function, and the function as it serves society...
...telegraphic code. If the code is not reproduced properly, synthetic ACTH will not do the magical things in the human body that natural ACTH does. Natural ACTH has 39 amino acid groups. Dr. Hofmann's synthetic copy has only 23, but this part of the chain seems to function biologically as well as the whole-somewhat as if a coded message were pruned of unnecessary words before being sent...
Father Murray is generally in favor of the U.S. version of church-state separation, established by the First Amendment and by the principle that government and church function in entirely separate spheres, one caring for the people's earthly wellbeing, the other endowed with the mission of guiding them toward salvation. This, argues Murray, is an ancient Christian principle, even if often broken by either church or state in less socially and juridically advanced times. Writes Murray: "In 800 A.D., Leo III had a right to crown Charlemagne as Emperor of the Romans; but this was because...
...Gold is still the stern voice of monetary discipline," said Alexander, but its chief function is no-longer to redeem domestic currency (which has not been redeemable in gold for 27 years) but to back the dollar in international settlements. Requiring a notes and reserve of 25% in gold against the notes and deposits of the Federal Reserve banks makes our gold supply for international payments only about one-third of our total gold holdings. Nearly $12 billion worth is set aside as a reserve against something it cannot be used to redeem. Such requirements illogically make a country...
Harvard's official stand on recruiting by coaches is that this is not their normal function. Davis Jackson, Dartmouth's assistant. Director of Admissions, apparently thinks this is so much mouthwash. "It would be a most amazing thing," he says, if coaches were not to recruit. "What else do coaches do in the off-season...