Word: functioned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...affiliated with the Harvard-Radcliffe Christian Fellowship, a non-denominational group, its membership is not limited to Christians. "Our members have a diverse religious background," Michael Quah '74, a spokesman for the group, said yesterday. Quah explained that the Group does not seek religious converts, but performs a function not filled by Harvard...
...ardent advocate of the Constitution at the Virginia Ratification Convention was hardly oblivious to the fact that his ruling was not barred by the separation of powers principle. Inherent in the separation of powers principle was the doctrine of checks and balances which afforded the Congress with the function of overseeing the operations of the Executive Branch. Clearly, the power to oversee the affairs of the administrative branch or to investigate the actions of officials in the executive branch must be reinforced with the powers of subpoena...
...nine-member panel composed of former Walpole inmates, citizen observers, and the Reverend Ed Rodman, chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee, held a press conference to discuss the relationship between the function of the National Prisoners Reform Association and the presence of the State Police at Walpole...
...Black American Nation Towards Unity (BANTU), whose function was briefly discussed by Arnold Coles, a former inmate, has been unable to persuade the prison administration to adopt certain proposals it has offered for the improvement of prison conditions...
Many members of the group found that talking about their guilt helped channel their emotions into constructive (that is, antiwar) channels. These young men, Lifton suggests, may per form a "prophetic function" among the general population of benumbed sinners. Perhaps so. As far as this book goes, though, what could have been a strong account of men groping for survival amidst the wreckage that Viet Nam left in their lives becomes instead a polemic in which moralizing smothers analysis. *Laurence I. Barrett