Word: functional
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...city of Boston is a $1 billion corporation and at some level needs to function [as well as a private corporation], so many of the management skills necessary are the same," Neal Sullivan, director of the mayor's policy office, said yesterday...
...incident sparked discussion on campus of the University's function as a forum for dissenting opinions and free speech, but Laub said yesterday that the trial "is not political...
...Abrams added, "There are worse ways forlegal systems to function than with a touch ofillusion here and there...
Republicans, meanwhile, are hardening their choices. Nearly half now say they are certain about their picks, vs. 29% in January. The difference is a function of stature and familiarity. Bush and Dole are universally known in their party and enjoy reputations as national figures. The Democratic candidates, perched lower on the political ladder, must still prove they are eligible to climb. Until they do, the rank and file will continue to write its preferences in sand rather than concrete...
...muscle strength, conditioning the heart and lungs and relieving stress. Declares Physiologist William Evans of the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Tufts University center on aging: "There is no group in our population that can benefit more from exercise than senior citizens. For a young person, exercise can increase physical function by perhaps 10%. But in an old person you can increase it by 50%." The advice is catching on: a Gallup poll taken at the end of last year found that 47% of those 65 and older regularly engage in some form of exercise...