1.   The groups can function like political campaigns or professional sports teams, carrying their own psychic rewards.

2.   But at least the group still functions.

3.   The group functions primarily through its Web site, www.leapdaybabies.com.

4.   While the campaigns selected sessions that put their candidates in the best light, the access gave an unusual inside look at how these groups function.

5.   He ordered the government to lift the ban immediately and allow the group to function.

6.   Other PKK members have been tried in Germany by prosecutors trying to establish details of how the group functions.

7.   In Washington, the State Department has acknowledged there are differences among the nations in the ceasefire monitoring committee over the way the group would function.

8.   The State Department said Tuesday there were differences among the nations in the cease-fire watchdog group for Lebanon concerning the way the group would function.