Word: functioning
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Josip Broz. Soon afterward, he was among a hand-picked group of Communists withdrawn by the Red Army's Military Intelligence to join some anti-Franco guerrilleros behind Franco's lines. He was next heard of in France, working in the section of the underground whose function was to dispatch men from all over Europe and the U.S. to fight in Spain. He did not reappear again until the fascism he had fought in Franco Spain had overrun Yugoslavia in the form of Naziism...
Maxim Gorki had a singing phrase to describe the function of the writer-"the engineer of the human soul." During the Russian war this has certainly been true. Never before have Russian writers had such an audience. Never before have they had such immediate influence and such great responsibility. Perhaps J. B. Priestley exaggerated when he said that recent Russian writings had been "the conscience of the world," but they have unquestionably been the conscience of Russia...
With play sea-sawing back and forth, the first half was fairly even, ending in a 0 to 0 deadlock. But in the second half, the Crimson offensive began to function more smoothly...
Ottawa was fish-cold to this idea too, and for a reason. In addition to purely social duties, the King's representatives in the Provinces have one important function. They can refuse to assent to provincial legislation they believe to be unconstitutional and submit it to the Federal authorities for approval or disallowance. When Alberta's late maverick Premier "Bible Bill" Aberhart went off the legal reservation, the Lieutenant Governor held up some of his wild-eyed measures...
...Lasting from 9 to 12 o'clock, the Formal will be held in the House dining hall, and all members of the Adams House resident staff have been invited by the Committee, Chairman C. Austin Fish '46 announced. The "Football Formal" will be the third social function presented by the Gold Coasters this season and will be the last for the summer term...