Word: researchers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...visit has been extremely successful so far, almost to the point of overload," said Deborah Welsh, treasurer of the Cambridge-Yerevan Sister City Association. "I expect there might be several contacts made for further joint trade or joint ventures, such as maybe joint hospital research...
...redeeming truth, to our own surprise, is that Gertrude is in vast company. Last March, Independent Sector, a Washington research and lobbying group, commissioned a Gallup poll to plumb the depths of our charity: What do we give, and why, and who does the giving, and how much? It turns out that almost half of all American adults offer their time to a cause, an astounding figure even allowing for the number of people who lie to pollsters. And most are giving more time than ever. These are commitments, not gestures. The average volunteer offers nearly five hours a week...
...setting is an upscale exurban village on the Hudson River. Ian McCullough is a senior fellow at a rather grandly named think tank, the Institute for Independent Research in the Social Sciences. He specializes in population studies and also edits a prestigious journal on international politics. Glynnis, his wife of 26 years, has compiled two successful cookbooks and is working on a third, an ambitious survey to be called American Appetites; Regional American Cooking from Alaska to Hawaii. The McCulloughs have a circle of close friends very much like themselves: well educated, well- to-do, well regarded by their professional...
...CHIEF OF RESEARCH: Betty Satterwhite Sutter...
...only if they can be proved to be clear-cut bribes that elicit favors in return. Thus prosecutors are looking closely at cases in which Recruit may have got something for its generosity. One such transaction is NTT's purchase in 1986 and '87 of two U.S.-made Cray Research supercomputers, which the utility in turn sold to Recruit. Investigators are looking into the possibility that NTT officials gave Recruit a special deal on the machines...