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Word: functioning (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...clear that the board was still far from the scrap heap. Mechanics were already at work stripping out some old parts (such as the board's fact-finding function), putting in some new ones. Predictions were that the board would be recreated by statute (not, as originally, by a Presidential wave of the wand), that it would be backed up by another tribunal which would step in, if mediation failed, to arbitrate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: New Mediation Board | 12/1/1941 | See Source »

...last week the great combine had begun to function. Britain had shipped tanks and planes, the U.S. had pulled the string on Lend-Lease. But before the Russians could benefit, the aid must reach, not only Russia, but Russia's fighting fronts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia At War: SUPPLY: Aid on the Wharves | 11/17/1941 | See Source »

Professor Spencer's verdict on the merit of "The Trojan Horse" is undoubtedly correct, but his right to call a halt to an H.D.C. production on literary grounds is certainly tenuous at best. The function of an adviser as far as censorship is concerned is to pass on pornography. If the amateur actors wish to continue on their road to hamdom, it is their privilege...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Smoked Ham | 11/14/1941 | See Source »

...function of the Committee is to direct such Freshman activities as dances, athletic events, ping-pong, and chess tournaments, photographic contests, lectures on various topics by members of the Faculty, as well as people not connected with the University, and reviews before midyears and final examinations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THIRTEEN MEN SELECTED FOR UNION COMMITTEE | 11/10/1941 | See Source »

...consuls in Boston who come from below the border will attend the function, which is backed by the Pan-American society of Massachusetts as well as an equivalent Harvard group...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PAN-AM MEETING TO ATTRACT 200 | 11/5/1941 | See Source »

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