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Word: functioned (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sent delegates to the board since the group's founding about 20 years ago. Cattalini says she believes RUS' greatest function is in "helping [the trustees] know what students are thinking about...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Reporter's Notebook | 1/26/1987 | See Source »

...other feminists contend pregnancy leave simply acknowledges women's childbearing function and neutralizes its effect on career advancement. The California law "in effect equalizes working men and women," argues Christine Littleton, counsel for the Los Angeles-based Coalition for Reproductive Equality in the Workplace. "It is okay to recognize that women have some difference in their requirements," says Economist Sylvia Ann Hewlett, who has criticized feminists in the past for denigrating the importance of women's child-rearing and family responsibilities. "This decision means that there is recognition at the highest legal levels that in order to get equal results...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Garland's Bouquet | 1/26/1987 | See Source »

...much vaunted 15 years ago when her novel Surfacing was hailed as one of the best books of the '70s. One of the deficiencies of The Handmaid's Tale--and maybe the Atwood genre in general--is that its prediction of a society where a woman's best function is to reproduce is quite unbelievable...

Author: By Lyn DI Iorio, | Title: Of Feminists and Fairy Tales | 1/21/1987 | See Source »

...shooters and put undue pressure on the perimeter," Delaney Smith said. To offset the loss of strong scoring performances by its guards, Delaney Smith said that Harvard needed to capitalize on its play in the lane, but that the Crimson has yet to prove that its inside game can function without last year's power players Collins and Chandler...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Women Cagers Tumble to Third Ivy Loss | 1/21/1987 | See Source »

...player who has demonstrated the ability to function under the hoop is junior Co-Captain Sharon Hayes. "We have been taking Sharon inside," Delaney Smith said, "but she is really more effective on the perimeter." Hayes doesn't appear to be suffering from the switch--she has scored in double figures in the last eight games, netting a team-high 14 points against the Big Green. Hayes also contributed nine rebounds, as did Duncan (10 points...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Women Cagers Tumble to Third Ivy Loss | 1/21/1987 | See Source »

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