Word: function
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...consequences of remaining silent. For Stalin to acknowledge that Bukharin was guilty of having the wrong view of history- at least, of disagreeing with Stalin- would have been to acknowledge that a good Marxist can be wrong. And that would have made the correctness of Stalin's leadership a function of his political genius, and ultimately of the inexorability of his secret police. Such an acknowledgment would have been an admission that Marxism is not a "science of the future." And Stalinism it might be said, is what happens to Marxism when men pretend that it is a science...
...Committee's rules permit each student facing charges to bring one "student or academic advisor." My function as an advisor was entirely limited to reporting; as I told the three-man fact-finding panel, I came as an advisor because "it was the only way I could get into the meeting." Previous hearings have been closed to press and public...
...Sheppard's hearing was never held. Wilson asked Bishop at the beginning what his function was Bishop replied that he was "advising" Sheppard by reporting for the CRIMSON. Wilson said, "We allow advisers to come but not reporters...
Unrest is a function of Yugoslav political culture. The young people there occupy a unique position. They live between East and West, between two ideological extremes: "the exploitative, late capitalistic system and bureaucratic, bloc socialism," as an economics professor...
Kelman and Ptashne focused their criticism of the Cambridge Project on its Defense Department sponsorship. "It is the function of the University-and especially of its social scientists-," Kelman argued, "to engage in independent critical analysis of the society, including the role of the military within that society. There is some concern that commitments on the order of the Cambridge Project would weaken the University's capacity for such independent analysis...