Word: functioned
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Fork of the Big Sandy River, once navigable, now has a single abstract function: Kentucky lies on one side, West Virginia on the other. Splayed out from both banks are noiseless hollows and stubbly, once-farmed bottoms, all in the shadow of Appalachian mountains, which rise dark and gorgeous in every direction. But to the businessmen who brought the railroad through around 1900, wooded slopes and crags were incidental: the capitalists came to burrow and cart away endless tons of coal, which they're still doing today. The Tug Fork Valley, boosters chime, is THE HEART OF THE BILLION...
Across the city, drivers dug out cars snowed under and then plowed in; those relying on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority stood and waited for up to an hour before subways arrived, but all lines continued to function except one spur of the Green Line
CERTAIN OF THURBER'S LETTERS serve one useful--if unintentional--function: They provide a glimpse at an aspect of Thurber's personality that never emerges in his published writings. Here the self-effacement and congeniality that inform Thurber's prose are stripped back to reveal their dark side: an undercurrent of self-absorption and crankiness...
...overriding purpose of the Harvard Law Review should be to provide a forum for legal scholarship, not simply to recognize law students with the highest grade point averages, a function already fulfilled by class rank. The Review's selection process should take into account writing ability and diversity of perspective--not just academic success--in choosing its members. At the upcoming meeting, the editors of the Review should consider requiring each candidate to submit an essay or a review article that would illustrate the student's ability to make a distinctive contribution to the journal. This would allow editors...
...original function of intercollegiate athletics as an extracurricular activity is a laughable thought today, long lost in the rush for ticket sales, television contracts and alumni contributions...