Word: functioned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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TODAY: Penile implants and medication to maintain erection. Surgery to reattach a severed penis; skin grafts to recover urinary, but not sexual, function if penis is not recovered...
...rock music in general. Top-40 is produced and promoted by a few profit-seeking major record labels like RCA, Columbia, and Warner Brothers, which release same-sounding music in hopes of discovering the next big hit. This "rock star" approach is deeply at odds with a more vital function of rock music, that of political, social and cultural protest. As Liebert observes, it's a shame that Germans have dropped Schubert to adopt Fiona Apple. However, the true shame is that Germans (and Americans, too) listen to the inane drivel pushed on MTV and Top 40 stations instead...
...getting her comment on a recent quote from the oh-so-eloquent Richard Williams. He recently said in Canada that he wants Serena and Venus to quit tennis at 22 because "we're not training nuts and fools. We're training out kids to be where they can function in a real world because tennis is not real world...
...hobbies--basketball. As a member of the varsity team at the University of Chicago, Vaux once appeared in Sports Illustrated. Apparently a career in basketball wasn't in the cards, however. "This coach was awful. I learned a few Albanian curses from him, but that was his only useful function...
...habits while skipping from site to site. When asked the average time he's on the Internet a day he says, "It's easier to measure the time I'm not surfing." Doing a quick calculation in his head, he refrains from using the calculator on the tools function of the computer, and says, "I stay plugged in on average 70 percent of the time, including time spent sleeping...