Turning to the issue of local, state, and FEMA personnel not functioning as a team, the controversial statement by Michael Brown – former FEMA Director – that Louisiana was dysfunctional well before Katrina's landfall [ 8] appears to be well supported by the facts.
Each of the four to six reports per year is meant to function as a major statement on an important issue, something that has the potential to change the conversation, through new information, new analysis, memorable expression, or, in the best cases, all three.
By positioning himself as a trailblazer for the free culture movement, Girl Talk's music has always functioned as a political statement, whether he frames it that way or not.
About a third of the way into the mix they drop El-B's funky cut "I Feel," the chorus of which finds the singer Natasha proclaiming that she feels "lovely as a summer's day"—which could really function as a thesis statement for all the selections here.
The government argument was the strongest statement to date that the scientist, Wen Ho Lee, was functioning as a spy, even though he is not charged with espionage.
For instance, the predicate 'large', functioning in a statement such as 'Shaquille O'Neal is large' must be completed with 'for a human'; for while Shaq is large for a human he is not large compared with a tree.
Voters' eagerness for an alternative often functions more as a statement of dissatisfaction than a serious commitment to buck the two-party system -- especially in the case of polls pitting a nameless "independent" candidate against Clinton and Trump.
An NCP can provide some remediation, but it can not function as a CSR judge that gives binding statements.
By implementing their own form of currency, the company also functions as a third-party record keeper, providing clients with monthly statements and real-time account balances.
Statements of satisfaction or dissatisfaction often functioned as a summing up or conclusion of the patient's evaluation of the outcome.
We identified four different functions: 1. Appeal For some patient narratives, the WTD statement triggered interpersonal interaction or dialogue, or even functioned as a cry for help.
