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Just inside the Flynn Theater in Burlington, Vermont, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield stand aside as twentysomethings stream by to find seats at a rare hometown concert by the rock band Phish--a treat the ice-cream magnates have sponsored to raise money to clean up nearby Lake Champlain. A girl recognizes Ben. "Could I, like, make a suggestion?" she asks. "It'd be really great if you could make a marshmallow for us vegetarians...
...that's not how a lot of folk see it. "You can't have the biggest force in society, business, concerned only with maximizing profits and still have a socially responsible society," says Cohen of Ben & Jerry's. Says partner Greenfield: "When it's just trying to maximize profits, business lobbies for laws that would be most helpful, even if it means polluting the environment. That's not exactly in the best interest of society...
...news division in legal matters, like the recent battle against the Food Lion supermarket chain over a PrimeTime Live hidden-camera report on allegedly unsanitary practices. "He's a really strong supporter of the division, including financially, which is where the real test is," says political analyst Jeff Greenfield. "I like him enormously," says special correspondent Cokie Roberts, who got to know Westin while he was ABC's Washington-based counsel. "He respects Washington news...
That's a shame, say such experts as Patricia Greenfield, an author and psychology professor at UCLA. Greenfield notes that video games "provide socialization and training in computer literacy. If girls don't have that experience, they won't have the skills needed for computer use as adults. They will be behind the eight ball economically and socially...
BORN: Oct. 12, 1947, Greenfield, Mass. EDUCATION: U of Massachusetts, 1965-71; Greenfield Community College, 1974; Northwestern Connecticut Community College, 1976; Life Chiropractic College, D.C., 1979 FAMILY: Husband, Edward; three children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Chiropractor; welfare caseworker; drug counselor POLITICAL CAREER: None ADDRESS: 1612 Newcastle Street, P.O. Box 1000, Brunswick...