Word: functions
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Today the league serves much the same kind of function, but most of the people it assists come from urban ghettos all over the country. Jordan puts particular emphasis on jobs, even in these times of high inflation. Says he: "My common sense tells me that the more people who work in this society, the better it is." Under Jordan, the league has added 17 affiliates, giving it a total of 117. Its general fund budget has grown from some $4.4 million to $6.6 million, which comes mostly from contributions by foundations and corporations. Thus the league in a sense...
...mating. Today's I.U.D.s are effective (up to 98%) for different reasons. Inserted into the uterus, they cause a minor inflammation of the uterine lining that prevents the fertilized egg from implanting in the uterine wall after its journey through the fallopian tube. Certain types of I.U.D.s also function by releasing copper or the hormone progesterone...
...bristles with vivid triumphs; staggers under the weight of expansive change; and, most of all, battles the gloomy veil of disappointment. This disappointment, in my mind, overwhelms almost all other memories because it seems to be consuming, steadily, the University's sports program. In effect, this disappointment is a function of the rest of the Harvard athletic program--it follows naturally from the victories and transformations that raise, in both participants and spectators, the hope of progress...
...President: "I see Ed Muskie as being a much stronger and more statesmanlike ... figure who will be a more evocative spokesman for our nation's foreign policy. I would prefer that Ed Muskie not be so personally involved in the details and negotiations with other nations." That function, said Carter, could be left to Deputy Secretary Warren Christopher. The President concluded: "There is one person in this nation responsible for the establishment of the carrying out of American foreign policy, and that is the President...
...benign protection of destiny. In classical myth such a role was played by Mercury, or Hermes as the Greeks called him; in Egyptian myth the part belonged to Thoth. After Ben is transported to that place where all good Jedi Knights go in Star Wars, Yoda takes over his function in The Empire...