Word: functioning
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...people with not enough information and too much to say on the subject of the clubs. Let me say right now, in the way of a disclaimer, that you may be right. I don't pretend to know it the clubs inside and out, to fully understand their current function. Let me also say that, although I am writing from a liberal, critical corner of the arena, I don't hate them--or at least, and more to the point, I certainly don't hate the guys who join them. I don't reproach them for their decision, because...
...parent company, Philip Morris. Maybe such diversification should be lauded, not boycotted, but the fact that Philip Morris has been exploiting its connections to Kraft to get its name on public-service (or self-service?) spots during televised weekend sporting events might make you reconsider how those alliances function and for whom. The same could easily be said of the other tobacco firms and their families of products...
...over there and get plastered, or go to our rooms and get plastered, or go to some college function and get plastered," says long-time Yale friend Russell Walker, now an attorney in Oklahoma City. "We all hoped some woman would find it attractive...
...that the school was forcing them to pay for the activities of liberal groups whose messages they opposed. While a federal appeals court has found in their favor, the Supreme Court should reverse that decision and recognize the existence of active student groups as integral to the atmosphere and function of a university...
...courts function on Internet time? The problem is particularly stark when it comes to crafting an effective remedy. Like every successful high-tech company, Microsoft is in constant flux. In the past year it has moved quickly to adapt to changing circumstances. In May it paid $5 billion for a chunk of AT&T--thereby guaranteeing that Windows CE-powered set-top boxes will have an inside track on AT&T cable systems. It also invested $600 million in Nextel Communications and bought a 30% stake in a British cable company. Even if Jackson gets a chance to issue...