Word: advisee
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Harvard professors do more than their share of consulting in comparison to professors at other universities. One reason is Harvard's high level of prestige: whether a professor is truly qualified to advise on a certain topic, the Harvard seal of tenure is usually enough to earn him outside respect...
After the letter was first disclosed, in the Oklahoma City Times, White House Deputy Press Secretary Larry Speakes described Michael as "hounded by the media." Added Speakes: "I don't think the President has any problems with the way Michael is doing business." Then cannier heads prevailed. Later the...
The analysis ranges from assigning junior executives to keep watch over a potential foreign hot spot, to the elaborate computerized system that American Can Co. set up in 1978 to rank investment risks in some 70 different countries. Many smaller companies hire outside consultants like Chicago's Associated Consultants...
None of the protagonists is exactly snatching numbers out of the air; all have been advised by eminent economists and statisticians. Broadly speaking, the "supply-side" economists working for the Administration think that spending and tax cuts will bring down inflation, unemployment and interest rates fairly rapidly. The predominantly Keynesian...
Relman: Because it helps maintain the quality of information that gets to the public. The public interest is not served by rapid dissemination of premature, incomplete, inaccurate, sensational information. The public interest is better served by getting the facts straight, by getting reliable information at a time when the medical...