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Among these are Catholic liberals and an outspoken band of disillusioned Opus dropouts. Some detractors refer to the secretive organization as "the Holy Mafia," or "Octopus Dei." One prominent seceder, Oxford Researcher John Roche, has collected 1,500 case histories of disenchanted Opus members that he hopes to present to John Paul this year. Says Roche: "He may see Opus Dei as a counterpoise to the left in the church, but I don't think he has any idea of what is going...
...stood on the sidelines and some observers attributed the recurrent rumblings to a small group of agitators, the underlying sentiment evidently ran deep. Law School Council polls and referenda revealed widespread dissatisfaction on a variety of educational issues, suggesting that the protests will outlive the graduation of their most outspoken movers this spring...
...most outspoken critics of teaching hospitals affiliating with for-profit companies is Dr. Arnold Relman, editor of the New England Journal of Medicine. He acknowledges that outright sales or lease arrangements like McLean is considering may help hospitals in the short run, but he fears the long term implications of people concerned with maximizing profits having a hand in administering teaching and research. He said that hospitals like McLean should avoid deals such as the one being discussed and that the government should take a more active role in supporting teaching and research...
...years, the authors have been ardent opponents of anti-egalitarian trends in science. Lewtontin, a professor of Biology at Harvard and a prominent evolutionary geneticist, has been particularly outspoken in his anti-sociobiology crusade. Rose, neurobiology professor at the Open University in England, has written on the social implications of biological and psychological research. Kamin, a professor of psychology at Princeton University, uncovered one of the most fraudulent scientific studies ever conducted: Sir Cyril Burt's experiments on intelligence...
...Coloradan is a leading member of the House Armed Services Committee. While getting high marks for her military expertise, Schroeder is often seen as a knee-jerk dove. She co-chairs the Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues, which counts 117 men among its 132 members. An outspoken feminist, Schroeder is married to a Washington lawyer and has two teen-age children. Her political profile is left of center: the liberal Americans for Democratic Action (A.D.A.) gives her a 90% rating...