The period's streamlined style also made it easy for decorators to assign pieces to satisfy functional needs.

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To grow and sustain this commitment, the skill set of functional leaders needs to evolve.

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The storage and retrieval of securities and holdings data to each functional area needs to be seamlessly integrated and managed.

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He believed that common activities should be organised through functional arrangements where communal needs prevailed, and that authority should be dispersed.

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Plus, the Air is a fully functional computer for the rest of my needs.

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It needs the benefit of a real, functional challenge procedures that will force the agency to be more responsive to the public.

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But there needs to be a balance between mastering functional literacy and numeracy and discovering the enjoyment and pleasure of books, music, art and drama.

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