Word: consultancy
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sununu puckishly allows, "I have been known to ask provocative questions." His bad-cop act has the President's support, but Sununu has drawn fire from Congress and has left some staffers afraid to voice unpopular advice in his presence. Many consult more easily with Sununu's own good cop, deputy to chief of staff Andrew Card. Colleagues were relieved when Card decided to stay at the White House rather than run for Governor of Massachusetts...
...answer, say plaintiffs' lawyers, is usually "not enough" for those who sign up with the insurance companies. Friendly letters urging families and survivors to take the settlements initially offered to them -- and suggesting that they shouldn't consult a lawyer -- are anathema to the aviation bar. According to Gerald Sterns, a San Francisco lawyer who specializes in air- crash litigation, "These letters can be very dangerous for the victims if they decide later to file a lawsuit. The insurance company's concern is damage control. What they're doing is developing a rapport with the victims and duping them...
Treatment patterns can vary among communities because doctors in different places have different methods. Within a given hospital, doctors tend to consult one another and reach a consensus on how to practice, but that consensus may not be the same in another city. In some areas, for example, the frequency of hysterectomies is three times as high as in other places. As discoveries like these accumulate, statistical evidence begins to raise doubts about the scientific certainty usually associated with medicine...
...ensuing controversy highlighted the struggle between the academic pursuits of this University and its constant search for economic gain. Bok later agreed to consult FAS on future real estate plans, and it was decided last month--after Cambridge citizens complained that the University demolished the station before it could be declared a landmark--that FAS would control the former Gulf Station site...
...Secretary of State had little else to say: he promised to consult the allies about the offer, praised the short-range nuclear cut as a "good step, but a small step," and refused to countenance any kind of negotiations on short-range nuclear forces (SNF). Once again the U.S. was made to look slow and unimaginative -- and once more it might be missing a chance to reduce tensions. The failure was all the more remarkable because some of Gorbachev's ideas have relatively little military significance. His unilateral reduction of 500 short-range nuclear weapons would come to about...