Word: functioned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...20th verse of the second chapter of Genesis says that "Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field." Clearly, this indicates that inventing names was to be an important function of his race. Contemporary Adam, confronting the menagerie of his own political attitudes, says: "This one is a gryphon. That one is a unicorn." Or, like Spiro Agnew, he invents hybridized contradictions: "That one is a gryphon unicorn." Lexicographically speaking, this Eden is hell...
...contribution. During the past month some 350 undergraduates have come to see Epps with specific requests, many of which were turned down. As part of an academic community, Epps believes that he can instruct students who see him in the principles of administration, especially those whose requests are refused. Functioning as a "teaching office" in the concepts of administration, Epps wants to stress his principle of equity: Exceptions are allowable only up to the point that administration of the rule becomes unfair. Adherence to this principle gives Epps a distinct administrative style-exceptions to policies are allowed only within...
...small army of security agents, John Stacks noted that in Phoenix ever-vigilant Secret Service men carefully ignored some reporters' vice-presidential credentials and locked them out of the hall. Local police tended to reject all credentials-"except," says Stacks, "a ticket to whatever $100-a-plate function was taking place...
Flung together in confining cities, the various Transjordanian ethnic groups are intermingling, and substituting political allegiance for tribal or ethnic ones. In a country where no formal political parties are allowed to function, the urban Jordanian turns increasingly to the fedayeen, mostly because of the guerrillas' commitment to defeating Israel but also because they are attracted by the emerging social cohesion of the Palestinians...
...essay in social history. It takes the form of a conversation in Isaac Newton's living room, with Newton, the Quaker George Fox, the artist Godfrey Kneller, James II, Charles I and three of his mistresses taking part. They talk about the state of the Anglican Church, the function of the monarchy, and the date of the Creation. This chitchat is followed by a second act in the form of a dialogue on the nature and purpose of kingship between Charles and his wife. The philosophy is all very interesting, but it would have been nicer if Shaw had included...