Word: functioned
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...around the perimeter of Wexner (alluding to an old armory on the site that was razed in 1958); the curious floor-to-chest-height windows in the top-floor offices; the short, folly stairway that goes nowhere; or the boatlike carbuncle on top of the building with no practical function whatsoever...
...observant of playwright Robert Harling to see that a small-town beauty parlor can function as a little lodge hall for women, a place where they can let their hair down while it is being put up. It was clever of him to stock Steel Magnolias with Southern belles, wicked of eye and tongue, though ultimately forgiving of heart. It was shrewd of him to work his successful off-Broadway drama around personal milestones (marriage, birth, death) that everyone shares. His characters may be exotics, but their situations are achingly familiar...
...movie's naturalistic context. But Herbert Ross insists on theatricality. His editing even provides awkward little pauses for the audience to fill with laughter, just as if this were still a play. As a result, some very good performers (Shirley MacLaine, Olympia Dukakis, Daryl Hannah, Dolly Parton) function less as full-scale sorority sisters than as chorus members who elbow their way up front in a crowd of even sketchier characters...
...Crimson was skating without the services of junior Mike Vukonich, a second-shift left wing who led the team in scoring heading into the weekend. According to Vukonich, he was benched for missing a team function. The situation has been resolved and Vukonich will play tonight...
...kill people when called upon to do so, a task which we all like to think does not come naturally to people. The main concern of military training is to prepare recruits for this by dehumanizing the enemy and dehumanizing the recruit by making her or him function as only one component of a larger machine. He or she must wear a uniform, follow orders, perform drills, honor rank and the like. Given the goals, tolerance and sympathy for fellow humans are not encouraged...