Word: function
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...Imagine a container for beer, beans or pop made of a material the chemical structure of which is dependent upon the contents. Such a can, having served its function, would dissolve under the force of its emptiness, leaving only the sponsor's name in flakes of bright color free to fly with the wind...
...rhetoric is protected unless it poses a "clear and present danger" of inciting insurrection. Though never accepted as official doctrine, that idea eventually helped expand the boundaries of protected protest. Speaking for the court in 1963, Justice Potter Stewart approvingly quoted a lower court's reminder that "a function of free speech under our system of government is to invite dispute. It may, indeed, best serve its function when it induces a condition of unrest, or even stirs people to anger...
...teacher or nurse, the transition to secular status was relatively painless. Leaving today "is a simple matter," says Midge Turk, college editor of Glamour magazine and an Immaculate Heart sister until 1966. ''A nun writes to the Pope. says please-give-me-a-dispensation-because-I-can-no-longer-function-in-this-life, and she almost automatically gets a prompt notification of release from her vows." But there is the fashion syndrome. One former nun recalls the shock of recognition when she first replaced her habit with a mod dress "and discovered my legs hanging out down there...
...decide whether or not to pay for a continuation of the series or even to subsidize its syndication to other public TV stations. The WTTW board chairman, former Federal Communications Commissioner Newton Minow, urges a favorable response. "Whether we like what was created or not," he says, "our function should be to give everyone a chance to express themselves...
...Nobody seems to be pushing any hard line yet," Corkery said, "but maybe that's a function of the stage...