Word: function
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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Every muscular function of the human body is triggered by a small electrical current transmitted to the muscles through the nerves. Doctors have long assumed that a chemical reaction at the synapses (the junctions between nerves) causes the impulses to flow through the nerves until-through junction after junction-they reach the muscles. But the chemistry of impulse transmission along the nerve fibers was not known. Last week Colum bia University announced that Dr. David Nachmansohn and his colleagues in the university's Department of Neurology had found new evidence to support his 20-year-old theory...
Many of his opponents have called De Gaulle a Fascist, a charge for which there is some justification. a theoretical point of view, De Gaulle's view of parliamentary democracy and of the function of a leader highly similar to the Fascist one. and Mussolini condemned parliamentary democracy for its failure represent the interests of the nation a whole. The parties, they said, out only for the interests of the groups they represented. The sum of group interests was far different from the national interests, which only be preserved by the leader of a single man, who was above...
...that he was preparing to return to office. When he finally announced his willingness to assume power, however, De Gaulle refused to comment on what policies he would pursue when in office. Unorthodox as this may seem, it is perfectly in keeping with De Gaulle's attitude toward the function of a leader, especially in domestic affairs...
Although many aspects of the problem were mentioned at the heavily attended meeting there was general agreement that the primary question was not the absolute size of the College but was the function of the College and the size best suited...
...this latter problem a split was apparent between those who stressed Harvard's function as a leader in the face of a rapidly increasing college population and those who stressed its commitment to excellence and experiment...