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There are, of course, those who contend that the current consulting craze is no different from what has been going on in the physical sciences for decades. "What's new is for this to happen to biologists," Richard M. Losick, professor of Biology and one of the consultants to Biotechnica, says. But most professors, administrators and businessmen familiar with the situation disagree. The consulting arrangement now prevalent in the biological and applied sciences is qualitatively different. A new breed of consultant is emerging...
...much by the radical politics of Antiwar Activist Father Daniel Berrigan as they were by the society's venerable manual, Spiritual Exercises. As Catholic Historian James Hitchcock of St. Louis University sees it, a "self-probing, inward-looking, almost narcissistic" mentality has crept into the order today. Liberals contend that they are only trying to do what Jesuits have always done: make the church and the teachings of Christ more relevant to the contemporary world...
...used to appear on TV's Divorce Court, clinched his job in an audition by coolly refereeing a dispute that nearly came to blows, thus beating out eight other candidates. In the cases taped for upcoming shows, fisticuffs is almost the only thing he has not had to contend with. Sam vs. Sam grew out of an unfortunate fight to the finish between a Chihuahua and a Great Dane, both named Sam. Little Sam's owner wanted $700 compensation...
Dade County's board of commissioners is about to consider the zoning change. But the residents, who are already suing the county to save their homesteads, contend that the land is no longer a true wetland. They are determined to fight for every square inch. As one told County Planner Sam Poole, "If we don't get justice through the courts we'll get it with our guns...
...toymakers advertise their play cosmetics aggressively during kiddie television prime time on Saturday mornings. But they contend that the ads, which avoid showing boys and girls together, are not sexually suggestive. Says Jack Forcelledo, Remco's executive vice president: "We just show little girls playing with the product in the home. Our message is that you put it on and wash it off." All the same, the commercials rankle many consumer activists. Says Peggy Charren, president of Action for Children's Television: "The four-year-olds are going to be taught that it's appropriate for them...