Word: consultant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Galbraith also said professors consult "for the money. All will say that it gives a deeper experience in the world of practical affairs. All will disguise the reality--which is that it's a good way of supplementing academic pay." But not wanting to seem "self-righteous," he added "I've never done it myself, but I've never known for sure whether that was because of moral resistance or because I wasn't under financial pressure...
...peaceful and prosperous world if a large part of the world's people are at the edge of hunger." Chaired by former Panama Canal Negotiator Sol Linowitz, 64, the commission has a $3 million budget and a daunting task: to review existing studies on global food shortages, consult with international experts and recommend steps by mid-1979 that the U.S. and perhaps other nations can take to combat the problem...
...North Sea reserves and noted that Norwegians are beginning to feel "sort of in between" the industrial world and the oil exporters. It may only be a matter of time before Norway and other in-between nations form a group that will remain out of the cartel but "consult" with OPEC on prices and other oil matters...
...which has been open for business since the spring in Los Angeles' Sherman Oaks, next to Mogo's Mongolian Barbecue and a subpoena's throw from Super Cow's Soft Frozen Yogurt. The Law Store customers pay $9.95 to pick up a store telephone and consult with one of eight part-time attorneys in the West Los Angeles offices of Group Legal Services, Inc., owner of the store. For an additional $10, attorneys will write routine letters or make simple phone calls for customers. Sold also are a variety of "packages," telephone advice and preparation...
...rebuttal, Baron points out that The Law Store customers receive high quality individual advice from the attorneys they consult. "For the most part," he says, "we handle cases that would never get to an attorney without a service like ours." In the first four months of operation, 805 clients had generated $20,000 in fees for The Law Store, whose monthly overhead is $2,000, not counting attorneys' salaries that are currently being paid by Group Legal Services. To attract more customers, local advertising in newspapers, on radio and TV is planned for the end of the year...