Word: consulting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Molyneus '83, a leader among progressive student members of the Coop's Board of Directors, endorsed the decision not to appeal but complained that the store management did not consult the board...
...translations and turns Holy Writ into fresh, understandable contemporary language instead of Elizabethan English. The Holy Scriptures is drawn solely from the Masoretic text in Hebrew, which evolved into its present form by the 10th century and is Judaism's only official scriptural standard. By comparison, Christian translators consult a variety of scrolls and codices in Hebrew and other ancient languages in order to reconstruct what they hope is the original wording of millenniums...
...company may take a number of forms including owning stock in a company, serving on its board of directors or serving as an owner or operating officer--and university officials and professors have had difficulties determining precisely when conflicts of interest arise. The general consensus has been that strict consulting does not constitute a conflict of interest Professors at Harvard are allowed to consult one day a week but must disclose their outside involvements to the dean of Faculty. Lawrence Bogorad, Cabot Professor of Biology, says he consults a few days a year to "discuss possibilities for experiments based...
Schmergl says that nontenured professors who consult for his company often join it full-time if they don't get tenure. Although most administrators are not yet worried about the potential drain on universities, one dean of the University of California at Berkely says it is "scary" competing with companies rather than with other universities for personnel. Robert M. Glaeser, divisional dean of the biological sciences notes that the companies have a financial advantage which is corrupting the "value of science knowledge and process in biology" He feels the value of science at the universities "will diminish accordingly" Although...
...smiling broadly. "It's quite easy, really; they very rarely put up a struggle. I just knock on their doors and ask them a few earnest questions about their parishes. They're normally quite pleased to invite me in for a little discussion. Then, when they turn away--to consult a text or something--I just..."--he raises his eyebrows conspiratorially--"...slip a little poison into their...