Word: functional
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Hobson's research, moreover, has led to his theory that REM sleep is a necessary function of life. "It's just a hypothesis at this point, but it seems like REM is tied to metabolism. When animals are REM-deprived or sleep-deprived, they die. They may eat more, but they lose metabolic control. They also lose thermoregulation, which points to a problem with caloric control...
...education programs function differently. PBH recruits students interested in tutoring and then channels them to the Cambridge School Volunteers, a city-sponsored program which is directed by former PBH Education Committee Chairman Alan Brickman...
Vice presidents, as a species, are counted on to deliver states by convincing people that they, as official White House Cheerleader, will be worth the regional favorite son vote. Their function ends as soon as the election does...
Such a consensus is essential if Harvard is to function effectively as an academic community. Many theories are controversial or offensive but are accepted for debate in academic circles because they live up to common intellectual standards of validity. Yet there is no absolute standard that ideas must adhere to. While it is correct to display displeasure with certain theories, it must be proved that their offensiveness outweighs any claims to academic validity they may have...
...kouroi ("youths") that in the 6th century became the chief expression of the Greek belief in the human figure as the earthly signifier of the divine. Advancing rapidly in style from decade to decade, the kouroi appear to be the first examples of art for art's sake, their function as temple statues and grave markers taking second place to the opportunity they offered the sculptor to reach ever closer to ideal form...