Word: consultant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...from grants and contracts from federal agencies--mainly NASA and the National Science Foundation. Though each of the observatories maintains its own financial and administrative structure, scientists pay no attention to those structures while conducting research. SAO and HCO scientists have offices interspersed on the same halls, and they consult each other without considering which observatory they draw pay from. Many at the Center hold appointments with both groups. Field, the Center's director, is also director of SAO and HCO. But even he cannot delineate exactly where each of the observatories begins and ends. Of his own conference room...
Carter did not consult anyone on the Hill or in the states before announcing that he was cutting $289 million-earmarked for 19 water-control projects-out of Gerald Ford's proposed budget for fiscal 1978. Convinced that many projects were unnecessary, he had vowed during the campaign "to get the Corps of Engineers out of the dam-building business." The President personally approved the 19 projects for the endangered species list on the grounds that they were uneconomical by today's standards, unsafe or unsound in terms of their effect on the environment. So far, $1 billion...
...have a "limited membership" of five or six persons to operate efficiently and that the one or two students who could be permitted to serve would not be able to adequately represent the entire student body. As an alternative to actual student membership, Wilson recommended that the committees "consult" larger advisory groups with student members, such as the Committee on Undergraduate Education...
...better alternative would allow appropriate student groups to nominate qualified students directly to the committees. The fact that the committees will meet during the summer and so will not be able to consult with large student groups emphasizes the necessity for such student membership...
...entry in the diseases section of the book. There he learns that the disorder may be due to a clot in the outer veins of the thigh or leg; that his feet should be raised in bed; that whisky may ease the pain; and that doctors -whom he should consult posthaste-usually advise anticoagulants or surgery. In all, the book lists more than 650 symptoms and discusses nearly 500 diseases-from acne and cold sores to Zenker's diverticulum, an unnatural pouch that sometimes develops in the esophagus of elderly people...