Word: functioning
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...over the Atlantic as it was supposed to do, the Redstone roared a few inches into the air and then settled lumpishly back onto its launching pad. Adding to the absurdity of the scene was the wild behavior of the small "escape rocket" perched atop the Mercury capsule. The function of the escape rocket is to save the astronaut's life by blasting off in a hurry, taking the capsule with it, if the main rocket malfunctions. But this time the electronic signals got scrambled and the escape rocket blasted into the blue all alone, leaving the Mercury capsule...
...into orbit, the narrow-angle camera started right off to take good pictures, but the wide-angle camera balked. There is some chance that it will take better pictures later, or that it can be "repaired" by deft electronic twiddling from stations on earth. Even if it never does function properly, the narrow-angle camera alone will yield valuable weather information. But the scientists who interpret the cloud pictures will have to take special pains to identify the places around the earth that are covered by its Rhode Island-size snapshots...
...report carefully states its limitations and thus avoids at least two matters of great concern. Whether federal aid has "distorted the basic function of the universities" by its emphasis on science is a question considered "beyond the report's mission." As much as humanists and social scientists complain about their neglect, there has yet to be a clear, sensible appraisal of federal aid and its relative support for each of the three areas of study. It is hoped that the science report will inspire a similar examination of this related matter, one that the current report says "deserves careful attention...
...Bulletin letter, Bayley F. Mason '51, a member of the Schools and Scholarships Committee of the Harvard Club of Boston, wrote, "Harvard's policy on recruiting by coaches is essentially that this is not their normal function." The letter charged that most of the Ivies have more liberal policies than Harvard's, and that at least one institution allows its coaches "virtually a free rein" in recruiting...
...this statement suggests, Novelist O'Hara is not one of those few who can function in the ooze of the soul's floor; he works best at middle depth, and in a story composed mostly of dialogue, that is where he must stay. It is not a bad place for any writer...