Word: specialist
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...decision in favor of property rights could leave state governments with a double bind, says Brian Gray, a University of California specialist in environmental and property law. If the state imposes new regulations to protect vital ecosystems or species, it risks a slew of suits for compensation; but if it does not act, it could be sued for failing to protect the public trust...
...already her publisher is fielding a dozen requests a day for bulk orders. Among the eager buyers: Heublein, Bristol- Myers and Avon. The first book about sexual harassment published since the Thomas hearings, Webb's book is refreshingly free of ideology and reproach. A longtime human-relations expert and specialist on this subject, Webb wrote Step Forward at breakneck speed, sending in a chapter...
...titles of some of the on-site staff reflect the unique nature of the facility: crypto-equipment operator, disaster-preparation specialist and attack-warning adviser. Mount Weather also has a simulation and gaming branch, which postulates various disaster scenarios. In all, more than 240 men and women work at the site; some are second-generation employees, and most are unwilling to utter even a word about the facility, having been sworn to secrecy. Beyond preparing to cope with the effects of a nuclear attack, the facility conducts substantial research into radiological instrumentation and is a focal point for disaster information...
They came to Dr. Cecil Jacobson's Vienna, Va., clinic from all over the Washington area, women and men desperate to conceive a child. As a fertility specialist, Jacobson was highly recommended. He was a brilliant geneticist who helped pioneer the amniocentesis procedure in the U.S. During office visits he liked to call himself "the babymaker." "God doesn't give you babies," he would tell his patients...
Professor of Government Susan J. Pharr, a specialist in Japanese studies, manages to split time between business and pleasure on her trips to the Far East...