Word: professional
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The modern educated man's notion of science is determined mainly by two observations: of the tendency of many physical science discoveries to be used solely for harm, and of the tendency for the institutions in control of the economic system to control also the products of physical science, as...
Admen and packagers, of course, are not the only euphemizers. Almost any way of earning a salary above the level of ditchdigging is known as a profession rather than a job. Janitors for several years have been elevated by image-conscious unions to the status of "custodians"; nowadays, a teen...
Thirty Years to So. At George Washington University, a group of law students recently confronted this classroom assignment: "Determine what legal actions might be brought by a local citizens' committee to stop air pollution caused by city buses." The students were only too familiar with the clouds of black...
Burger was plainly out to build some good will for the Supreme Court among the 135,000 members of an organization that one lawyer described as "middleaged, middle class and middle of the road." As the Chief himself confided, he hoped to show that judges need not divorce themselves from...
Convention observers noted that while Burger's proposals were of professional interest, they were suitably noncontroversial for a new Chief Justice. Burger saved his views on more prickly issues, such as the rights of criminal defendants, for the decisions he will take part in as a member of the court. Still, one man who was particularly impressed with Burger's performance at the convention was former Justice Tom Clark. "In my 22 years of attending these conventions," said Clark, "I've never seen anyone who has so quickly and effectively built a fire under this group...