Word: functions
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...Even at the new prices, long-term treatment therapies could cost as much as $150 a month per patient, which would leave them still beyond the reach of most of the continent's HIV sufferers. And the medical treatment and training infrastructure necessary for the complex drug regimens to function effectively will require billions of dollars of investment. And then there's the question of awareness: The World Bank estimates that only 5 percent of Africa's infected population are actually conscious of their HIV-positive status - which means they're not even seeking treatment - and many of the governments...
...military families eligible for food stamps have six members or more. The Pentagon has no desire to encourage bigger families by linking pay to procreation. "It's regrettable that people in the military do qualify for food stamps," Pentagon spokesman Ken Bacon says, "but it's more a function of their family size than of military...
...Duchamp, father of Dada and first to insist that "the viewer completes the work of art." Their process was Duchampian in intent and radical in form: they created art objects from everyday objects and performance pieces from everyday events, decontextualizing those elements and thereby giving the piece a new function within the aesthetic space of the gallery. Often they rejected the confines of the gallery space altogether. Watts's and Kaprow's objects range from industrial plastics to balls of yarn to stamp machines, recalling Duchamp's ready-mades nearly 50 years earlier. But, while Dada posited itself in rabid...
...Sunday's march served the essential function of increasing the visibility of equal rights issues in our society, but much remains to be done. It is now up to Congress and the Supreme Court to help the marchers accomplish their goal of achieving equality and peaceful coexistence in American society...
Decisions about representation on the Trust and the grants process are important indicators of how the Trust will function in the future. The group--which is effectively replacing RUS as a funding source--will have nearly $20,000 to dole out next year to student groups with an interest in women's issues...