TOTAL RESEARCH CORP
SC 13D, 1998-07-10
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                  SCHEDULE 13D

                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                           Total Research Corporation
                                (Name of Issuer)

                          Common Stock, $.001 par value
                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                    89151110
                                 (CUSIP Number)

                             Howard L. Shecter, Esq.
                           Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
                                 101 Park Avenue
                            New York, New York 10178
                                 (212) 309-6000
                     (Name, Address and Telephone Number of
                      Person Authorized to Receive Notices
                               and Communications)

                                  June 30, 1998
                      (Date of Event which Requires Filing
                               of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report
the  acquisition  which is the subject of this  Schedule 13D, and is filing this
schedule because of Rule 13d-1(b)(3) or (4), check the following box: [_]

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                                  SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. 89151110                                            Page 2 of 16 Pages
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1)  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
    S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

         David Brodsky
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2)  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a)   [ ]
                                                     (b)   [X]
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3)  SEC USE ONLY

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4)  SOURCE OF FUNDS
         PF
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5)  CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 
    ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)                                                [_]
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6)  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

         United States
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   7)   SOLE VOTING POWER
                        528,961*(See Item 5)
  NUMBER OF         
    SHARES        --------------------------------------------------------------
 BENEFICIALLY      8)   SHARED VOTING POWER
   OWNED BY             See Item 5
EACH REPORTING          
    PERSON        --------------------------------------------------------------
     WITH          9)   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        528,961*(See Item 5)
                  --------------------------------------------------------------
                  10)   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        See Item 5
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11)      AGGREGATE  AMOUNT  BENEFICIALLY  OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 
              528,961*
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12)      CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
         SHARES                                                  [_]
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
13)      PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
              5.02%*
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
14)      TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
              IN
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

*        Includes  70,000  shares of Common Stock  issuable upon exercise of the
         Stock Options (as hereinafter  defined) issued to the Reporting Person.
         See Item 5. The  percentage  listed  on Row 13 above  assumes  the full
         exercise of the Stock Options issued to the Reporting Person.


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                                  SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. 89151110                                            Page 3 of 16 Pages
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1)  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
    S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

         Eugene Goldberg
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2)  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a)   [ ]
                                                     (b)   [X]
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3)  SEC USE ONLY

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4)  SOURCE OF FUNDS
         PF
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5)  CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 
    ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)                                                [_]
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6)  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

         United States
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   7)   SOLE VOTING POWER
                        141,500*(See Item 5)
  NUMBER OF         
    SHARES        --------------------------------------------------------------
 BENEFICIALLY      8)   SHARED VOTING POWER
   OWNED BY             See Item 5
EACH REPORTING          
    PERSON        --------------------------------------------------------------
     WITH          9)   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        141,500*(See Item 5)
                  --------------------------------------------------------------
                  10)   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        See Item 5
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11)      AGGREGATE  AMOUNT  BENEFICIALLY  OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 
              141,500*
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12)      CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
         SHARES                                                  [_]
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
13)      PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
              1.35%*
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
14)      TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
              IN
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

*        Includes  25,000  shares of Common Stock  issuable upon exercise of the
         Stock Options (as hereinafter  defined) issued to the Reporting Person.
         See Item 5. The  percentage  listed  on Row 13 above  assumes  the full
         exercise of the Stock Options issued to the Reporting Person.


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                                  SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. 89151110                                            Page 4 of 16 Pages
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1)  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
    S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

         Donald Jacobson
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2)  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a)   [ ]
                                                     (b)   [X]
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3)  SEC USE ONLY

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4)  SOURCE OF FUNDS
         PF
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5)  CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 
    ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)                                                [_]
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6)  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

         United States
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   7)   SOLE VOTING POWER
                        288,050*(See Item 5)
  NUMBER OF         
    SHARES        --------------------------------------------------------------
 BENEFICIALLY      8)   SHARED VOTING POWER
   OWNED BY             See Item 5
EACH REPORTING          
    PERSON        --------------------------------------------------------------
     WITH          9)   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        288,050*(See Item 5)
                  --------------------------------------------------------------
                  10)   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        See Item 5
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11)      AGGREGATE  AMOUNT  BENEFICIALLY  OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 
              288,050*
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12)      CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
         SHARES                                                  [_]
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
13)      PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
              2.74%*
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
14)      TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
              IN
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

*        Includes  40,000  shares of Common Stock  issuable upon exercise of the
         Stock Options (as hereinafter  defined) issued to the Reporting Person.
         See Item 5. The  percentage  listed  on Row 13 above  assumes  the full
         exercise of the Stock Options issued to the Reporting Person.


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                                  SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. 89151110                                            Page 5 of 16 Pages
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1)  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
    S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

         Anthony M. Lamport
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2)  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a)   [ ]
                                                     (b)   [X]
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3)  SEC USE ONLY

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4)  SOURCE OF FUNDS
         PF
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5)  CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 
    ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)                                                [_]
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6)  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

         United States
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   7)   SOLE VOTING POWER
                        60,000*(See Item 5)
  NUMBER OF         
    SHARES        --------------------------------------------------------------
 BENEFICIALLY      8)   SHARED VOTING POWER
   OWNED BY             See Item 5
EACH REPORTING          
    PERSON        --------------------------------------------------------------
     WITH          9)   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        60,000*(See Item 5)
                  --------------------------------------------------------------
                  10)   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        See Item 5
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11)      AGGREGATE  AMOUNT  BENEFICIALLY  OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 
              60,000*
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12)      CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
         SHARES                                                  [_]
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
13)      PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
              0.57%*
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
14)      TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
              IN
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

*        Includes  10,000  shares of Common Stock  issuable upon exercise of the
         Stock Options (as hereinafter  defined) issued to the Reporting Person.
         See Item 5. The  percentage  listed  on Row 13 above  assumes  the full
         exercise of the Stock Options issued to the Reporting Person.


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                                  SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. 89151110                                            Page 6 of 16 Pages
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1)  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
    S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

         George L. Lindemann
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2)  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a)   [ ]
                                                     (b)   [X]
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3)  SEC USE ONLY

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4)  SOURCE OF FUNDS
         PF
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5)  CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 
    ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)                                                [_]
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6)  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

         United States
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   7)   SOLE VOTING POWER
                        233,050*(See Item 5)
  NUMBER OF         
    SHARES        --------------------------------------------------------------
 BENEFICIALLY      8)   SHARED VOTING POWER
   OWNED BY             See Item 5
EACH REPORTING          
    PERSON        --------------------------------------------------------------
     WITH          9)   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        233,050*(See Item 5)
                  --------------------------------------------------------------
                  10)   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        See Item 5
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11)      AGGREGATE  AMOUNT  BENEFICIALLY  OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 
              233,050*
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12)      CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
         SHARES                                                  [_]
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
13)      PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
              2.22%*
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
14)      TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
              IN
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

*        Includes  40,000  shares of Common Stock  issuable upon exercise of the
         Stock Options (as hereinafter  defined) issued to the Reporting Person.
         See Item 5. The  percentage  listed  on Row 13 above  assumes  the full
         exercise of the Stock Options issued to the Reporting Person.


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                                  SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. 89151110                                            Page 7 of 16 Pages
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1)  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
    S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

         Howard L. Schecter
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2)  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a)   [ ]
                                                     (b)   [X]
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3)  SEC USE ONLY

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4)  SOURCE OF FUNDS
         PF
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5)  CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 
    ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)                                                [_]
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6)  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

         United States
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   7)   SOLE VOTING POWER
                        253,050*(See Item 5)
  NUMBER OF         
    SHARES        --------------------------------------------------------------
 BENEFICIALLY      8)   SHARED VOTING POWER
   OWNED BY             See Item 5
EACH REPORTING          
    PERSON        --------------------------------------------------------------
     WITH          9)   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        253,050*(See Item 5)
                  --------------------------------------------------------------
                  10)   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        See Item 5
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11)      AGGREGATE  AMOUNT  BENEFICIALLY  OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 
              253,050*
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12)      CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
         SHARES                                                  [_]
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
13)      PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
              2.41%*
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
14)      TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
              IN
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

*        Includes  40,000  shares of Common Stock  issuable upon exercise of the
         Stock Options (as hereinafter  defined) issued to the Reporting Person.
         See Item 5. The  percentage  listed  on Row 13 above  assumes  the full
         exercise of the Stock Options issued to the Reporting Person.


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                                  SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. 89151110                                            Page 8 of 16 Pages
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1)  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
    S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

         Alan L. Stuart
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2)  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a)   [ ]
                                                     (b)   [X]
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3)  SEC USE ONLY

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4)  SOURCE OF FUNDS
         PF
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5)  CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 
    ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)                                                [_]
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6)  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

         United States
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   7)   SOLE VOTING POWER
                        141,500*(See Item 5)
  NUMBER OF         
    SHARES        --------------------------------------------------------------
 BENEFICIALLY      8)   SHARED VOTING POWER
   OWNED BY             See Item 5
EACH REPORTING          
    PERSON        --------------------------------------------------------------
     WITH          9)   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        141,500*(See Item 5)
                  --------------------------------------------------------------
                  10)   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        See Item 5
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11)      AGGREGATE  AMOUNT  BENEFICIALLY  OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 
              141,500*
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12)      CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
         SHARES                                                  [_]
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
13)      PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
              1.35%*
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
14)      TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
              IN
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

*        Includes  25,000  shares of Common Stock  issuable upon exercise of the
         Stock Options (as hereinafter  defined) issued to the Reporting Person.
         See Item 5. The  percentage  listed  on Row 13 above  assumes  the full
         exercise of the Stock Options issued to the Reporting Person.


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         The filing of this Statement does not constitute an admission that that
the  Reporting  Persons  constitute  a "group" for  purposes  of the  Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the rules promulgated thereunder or for any
other purpose  whatsoever.  Each of the Reporting  Persons  expressly  disclaims
beneficial ownership of the Common Stock beneficially owned by each of the other
Reporting Persons.

                                  SCHEDULE 13D

ITEM 1.  SECURITY AND ISSUER.

         This Statement on Schedule 13D (the "Statement")  relates to the Common
Stock, $.001 par value (the "Common Stock"),  of Total Research  Corporation,  a
Delaware  corporation (the "Company").  The principal  executive  offices of the
Company  are  located  at  Princeton   Corporate  Center,  5  Independence  Way,
Princeton, New Jersey 08543.


ITEM 2.  IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND.

         (a) - (c) This  Statement  is being  filed  by  David  Brodsky,  Eugene
Goldberg,  Donald Jacobson,  Anthony M. Lamport, George L. Lindemann,  Howard L.
Shecter and Alan L. Stuart (collectively, the "Reporting Persons").

         Mr.  Brodsky  is a  retired  private  investor.  His  address  is  2856
Hurlingham Drive, West Palm Beach, Florida 33414.

         Mr.  Goldberg  is a retired  private  investor.  His  address  is 11796
Maidstone Drive, West Palm Beach, Florida 33414.

         Mr.  Jacobson  is a retired  private  investor.  His  address  is 11928
Maidstone Drive, West Palm Beach, Florida 33414.

         Mr. Lamport is the President of Lambda Fund Management, Inc., a venture
capital firm.  His office  address is 380 Lexington  Avenue,  New York, New York
10168.

         Mr. Lindemann is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Southern Union
Company.  His office address is 767 Fifth Avenue, 50th Floor, New York, New York
10153.

         Mr.  Shecter is a partner  in the law firm of  Morgan,  Lewis & Bockius
LLP. His office address is 101 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10178.

         Mr.  Stuart is the Chairman and  President of A.L.  Stuart and Company,
Inc., a merchant banking firm. His office address is 599 Lexington Avenue, Suite
4102, New York, New York 10022.

         (d) - (e) During the last five years, none of the Reporting Persons has
been  convicted  in a criminal  proceeding  (excluding  traffic  violations  and
similar misdemeanors) or has been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or
administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding
was or is  subject  to a  judgment,  decree  or  final  order  enjoining  future
violations  of, or prohibiting  or mandating  activities  subject to, Federal or
State securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.


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          (f) Each of the Reporting Persons is a citizen of the United States.

ITEM 3.  SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION.

         As of July 7, 1998, the Reporting Persons, taken together, beneficially
owned an aggregate of 1,646,111 shares of Common Stock (including 250,000 shares
issuable in the future upon  exercise of the Stock  Options  described in Item 4
below).  The  aggregate  purchase  price  for  all  of the  1,396,111  currently
outstanding  shares of Common Stock presently owned by the Reporting Persons was
$3,015,082.75.  Of the shares of Common Stock  presently  owned by the Reporting
Persons, 1,000,000 shares were acquired from the Company at a price of $2.25 per
share in a privately negotiated transaction pursuant to the terms of the Amended
and Restated Stock Purchase  Agreement,  dated as of June 18, 1998,  between the
Company and David Brodsky (the "Stock Purchase Agreement");  200,000 shares were
acquired  at a price of $2.25 per share in a  privately  negotiated  transaction
pursuant to the terms of a Letter Agreement, dated April 16, 1998, between David
Brodsky and Hugh Devine (the  "Letter  Agreement");  and an aggregate of 196,111
shares  were  acquired  in  various  open  market  purchases  by  certain of the
Reporting  Persons.  Copies  of the  Stock  Purchase  Agreement  and the  Letter
Agreement are attached hereto as Exhibit C and Exhibit D, respectively,  and are
hereby  incorporated  herein by reference in their  entirety.  The  transactions
contemplated  by the Stock  Purchase  Agreement  and the Letter  Agreement  were
consummated on June 30, 1998, and May 7, 1998,  respectively.  Messrs. Goldberg,
Jacobson,  Lamport,  Lindemann,  Shecter  and Stuart each  purchased  the shares
listed  below as purchased  under the Stock  Purchase  Agreement  and the Letter
Agreement  as  designees  of Mr.  Brodsky  under  such  agreements.  Each of the
Reporting  Persons  purchased the shares of Common Stock  beneficially  owned by
such Reporting Person with personal funds, which may, at any given time, include
margin loans made by brokerage firms in the ordinary course of business.

         The individual purchases of each Reporting Person are as follows:

         Mr. Brodsky purchased 121,111 shares of Common Stock in the open market
at  prices  ranging  from  $1.25  to  $2.13  for  aggregate   consideration   of
$187,930.87.  He also  purchased  337,850 shares of Common Stock under the Stock
Purchase  Agreement  and the Letter  Agreement for  aggregate  consideration  of
$760,162.50.

         Mr. Goldberg  purchased  116,500 shares of Common Stock under the Stock
Purchase  Agreement  and the Letter  Agreement for  aggregate  consideration  of
$262,125.

         Mr. Jacobson purchased 55,000 shares of Common Stock in the open market
at prices ranging from $1.50 to $1.59 for aggregate consideration of $86,790. He
also purchased 193,050 shares of Common Stock under the Stock Purchase Agreement
and the Letter Agreement for aggregate consideration of $434,362.50.

         Mr.  Lamport  purchased  50,000  shares of Common Stock under the Stock
Purchase  Agreement  and the Letter  Agreement for  aggregate  consideration  of
$112,500.


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         Mr. Lindemann  purchased 193,050 shares of Common Stock under the Stock
Purchase  Agreement  and the Letter  Agreement for  aggregate  consideration  of
$434,362.50.

         Mr. Shecter  purchased 20,000 shares of Common Stock in the open market
at prices ranging from $1.93 to $2.00 for aggregate consideration of $40,361.88.
He also  purchased  193,050  shares of  Common  Stock  under the Stock  Purchase
Agreement and the Letter Agreement for aggregate consideration of $434,362.50.

         Mr.  Stuart  purchased  116,500  shares of Common Stock under the Stock
Purchase  Agreement  and the Letter  Agreement for  aggregate  consideration  of
$262,125.


ITEM 4.  PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION.

         Each of the  Reporting  Persons  acquired  beneficial  ownership of the
shares of Common Stock to which this Statement relates for investment purposes.

         (a) Pursuant to the terms of the Stock Purchase Agreement,  the Company
granted to Mr. Brodsky and his designees options, exercisable at any time within
five years of the Closing Date (as defined therein), to purchase an aggregate of
250,000  shares of Common  Stock at an  exercise  price of $2.25 per share  (the
"Stock  Options").  See  Exhibit  C.  Pursuant  to such Stock  Options,  Messrs.
Brodsky, Goldberg,  Jacobson, Lamport,  Lindemann,  Shecter and Stuart will have
the right to acquire 70,000,  25,000,  40,000, 10,000, 40,000, 40,000 and 25,000
shares of Common Stock, respectively.

         Any of the Reporting  Persons may acquire  additional  shares of Common
Stock or other securities of the Company or sell or otherwise  dispose of any or
all  of  the  shares  of  Common  Stock  or  other  securities  of  the  Company
beneficially  owned by such Reporting Person.  Action or inaction on the part of
any one Reporting Person may be different from action or inaction on the part of
other Reporting Persons.  Any of the Reporting Persons may take any other action
with  respect  to the  Company  or any of its debt or equity  securities  in any
manner permitted by law.

         (b) None of the Reporting  Persons currently has any plans or proposals
which  relate to or would  result in any  extraordinary  corporate  transactions
involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries,  although from time to time in
the future any of the  Reporting  Persons  may propose or suggest to the Company
merger or acquisition  transactions involving the Company and other corporations
or entities. The Stock Purchase Agreement contemplates that for a period of five
years  following  the  Closing  Date (as  defined  therein),  subject to certain
provisions thereof,  the Reporting Persons will, on a best efforts basis, assist
in  providing  or arranging  for others to provide up to  $25,000,000  in equity
financing,  or debt financing to the extent such financing exceeds $5,000,000 in
the aggregate, for the Company to complete acquisitions and/or projects approved
by the Board of  Directors of the  Company,  the form of the  financing to be as
determined  by the Board of Directors of the Company and to be on terms at least
as favorable as the Company could obtain from other sources not affiliated  with
the Reporting  Persons;  provided that such covenant states that it shall not be
deemed to constitute an obligation to directly  provide or underwrite  financing
for


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the  Company.  Under  certain  circumstances  described  in the  Stock  Purchase
Agreement,  failure  to  obtain  specified  amounts  of  such  financing  during
specified time periods may affect the Reporting Persons' rights thereunder.  See
Exhibit C.

         (c) None.

         (d)  In  connection   with  the   consummation   of  the   transactions
contemplated by the Stock Purchase  Agreement,  three of the Reporting  Persons,
Messrs.  Brodsky,  Lindemann and Shecter, were elected to the Board of Directors
of the Company and Messrs.  Brodsky and Shecter  were  elected to the  Executive
Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company.

         (e) None.

         (f) None.

         (g) None.

         (h) None.

         (i) None.

         (j) None.

ITEM 5.  INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.*

         (a)  As of  July  7,  1998,  the  Reporting  Persons,  taken  together,
beneficially  owned an aggregate of 1,646,111  shares of Common Stock (including
250,000  shares  issuable  in the future upon  exercise  of the Stock  Options),
representing  approximately  15.35% of the  outstanding  shares of Common  Stock
(assuming  full  exercise of all of the Stock  Options  issued to the  Reporting
Persons).  David Brodsky  beneficially owns 528,961, or approximately  5.02%, of
the  outstanding   shares;   Eugene  Goldberg   beneficially  owns  141,500,  or
approximately  1.35%, of the outstanding  shares;  Donald Jacobson  beneficially
owns 288,050,  or  approximately  2.74%, of the outstanding  shares;  Anthony M.
Lamport  beneficially  owns 60,000,  or approximately  0.57%, of the outstanding
shares;  George L. Lindemann  beneficially owns 233,050, or approximately 2.22%,
of the  outstanding  shares;  Howard L. Shecter  beneficially  owns 253,050,  or
approximately  2.41%, of the outstanding shares; and Alan L. Stuart beneficially
owns 141,500, or approximately 1.35%, of the outstanding shares.

         (b) As of the  date  hereof,  each of the  Reporting  Persons  has sole
voting and dispositive power over the shares of Common Stock  beneficially owned
by such 

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*    All  percentages in Item 5 are based upon the  10,473,000  shares of Common
     Stock  reported  by the Company to be issued and  outstanding  as of May 7,
     1998,  and assume the full exercise of all of the Stock  Options  issued to
     the Reporting Persons.


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Reporting  Person.  By  reason  of  the  contemplated  relationships  among  the
Reporting  Persons,  the  Reporting  Persons  may in  the  future  have  certain
contractual  rights and obligations with respect to their  respective  shares of
Common Stock. See Item 6 for information  relating to the proposed  stockholders
agreement  contemplated to be entered into among the Reporting Persons.  Each of
the Reporting Persons expressly disclaims  beneficial ownership of the shares of
Common Stock beneficially owned by each of the other Reporting Persons.

         (c) Except for the shares of Common Stock and Stock  Options  purchased
pursuant to the Stock  Purchase  Agreement,  none of the Reporting  Persons have
effected any transactions in the Common Stock during the past 60 days.

         (d) Not applicable.

         (e) Not applicable.

ITEM 6. CONTRACTS, ARRANGEMENTS, UNDERSTANDINGS OR RELATIONSHIPS WITH RESPECT TO
        SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.

         The Reporting  Persons are  contemplating  entering into a stockholders
agreement among themselves which is anticipated to contain  provisions  relating
to, inter alia,  the voting,  acquisition,  sale or other  disposition  of their
respective shares of Common Stock (including the possibility of granting proxies
with respect  thereto) and the sharing of expenses  incurred in connection  with
their respective acquisitions of shares of Common Stock under the Stock Purchase
Agreement  and  the  Letter  Agreement,   as  well  as  the  other  transactions
contemplated by the Stock Purchase Agreement.


ITEM 7.  MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS.

                  Exhibit A -             Agreement of Joint Filing
                                          pursuant to Rule 13d-1(k)(1)
                                          promulgated under the Securities
                                          Exchange Act of 1934, as
                                          amended.

                  Exhibit B -             Powers of Attorney


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                  Exhibit C -             Amended and Restated Stock
                                          Purchase Agreement

                  Exhibit D -             Letter Agreement


                                       14

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                                    SIGNATURE

                  After reasonable  inquiry and to the best knowledge and belief
of the  undersigned,  the undersigned  certify that the information set forth in
this Statement is true, complete and correct.


Dated:  July 7, 1998

                                  DAVID BRODSKY


                                              By: /s/ Howard L. Shecter
                                              -------------------------
                                                  Howard L. Shecter
                                                  Attorney-in-Fact

                                  EUGENE GOLDBERG


                                              By: /s/ Howard L. Shecter
                                              -------------------------
                                                  Howard L. Shecter
                                                  Attorney-in-Fact

                                  DONALD JACOBSON


                                              By: /s/ Howard L. Shecter
                                              -------------------------
                                                  Howard L. Shecter
                                                  Attorney-in-Fact

                                  ANTHONY M. LAMPORT


                                              By: /s/ Howard L. Shecter
                                              -------------------------
                                                  Howard L. Shecter
                                                  Attorney-in-Fact

                                  GEORGE L. LINDEMANN


                                              By: /s/ Howard L. Shecter
                                              -------------------------
                                                  Howard L. Shecter
                                                  Attorney-in-Fact


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                                  /s/ Howard L. Shecter
                                  ---------------------
                                  Howard L. Shecter


                                  ALAN L. STUART


                                  By: /s/ Howard L. Shecter
                                  -------------------------
                                      Howard L. Shecter
                                      Attorney-in-Fact


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                                                                       Exhibit A

                            Agreement of Joint Filing


         Pursuant to 13d-1(k)(1)  promulgated under the Securities  Exchange Act
of 1934,  as amended,  the  undersigned  persons  hereby  agree to file with the
Securities   and  Exchange   Commission  the  Statement  on  Schedule  13D  (the
"Statement")  to which this Agreement is attached as an exhibit,  and agree that
such Statement, as so filed, is filed on behalf of each of them.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of
the 30th day of June, 1998.

                                    /s/ David Brodsky
                                    -----------------
                                    David Brodsky


                                    /s/ Eugene Goldberg
                                    -------------------
                                    Eugene Goldberg


                                    /s/ Donald Jacobson
                                    -------------------
                                    Donald Jacobson


                                    /s/ Anthony M. Lamport
                                    ----------------------
                                    Anthony M. Lamport


                                    /s/ George L. Lindemann
                                    -----------------------
                                    George L. Lindemann


                                    /s/ Howard L. Shecter
                                    ---------------------
                                    Howard L. Shecter


                                    /s/ Alan L. Stuart
                                    ------------------
                                    Alan L. Stuart


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                                                                       Exhibit B
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS,  that Eugene Goldberg,  constitutes
and appoints David Brodsky and Howard Shecter, and each of them, as his true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution,  for his and
in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,  to execute any and all
documents  or   instruments   and  take  any  and  all  other  actions  as  said
attorney-in-fact  and agent shall deem appropriate in connection with any matter
relating to the filing of a Schedule 13D (including any amendments thereto) with
the United States  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  in connection  with the
acquisition  of common stock of Total Research  Corporation,  granting unto said
attorney-in-fact  and agent full power and  authority to do and perform each and
every thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully
to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person,  hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.

         The undersigned agrees to hold the  attorney-in-fact and agent free and
harmless from any and all loss,  claim,  damage or other  liability which he may
sustain as a result of any action taken in good faith hereunder.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
on May 14, 1998.


                                                 /s/ Eugene Goldberg
                                                 -------------------
                                                 Eugene Goldberg

STATE of New York      |
                       | ss.:
COUNTY of New York     |

         BE IT KNOWN,  That on the 14th day of May,  1998 before me, Nancy Wong,
personally came and appeared Eugene Goldberg, to me known, and known to me to be
the individual  described in, and who executed the foregoing  Power of Attorney,
and he acknowledged to me that he executed same.

                                                 /s/ Nancy Wong
                                                 --------------
[SEAL]                                           Nancy Wong


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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS,  that Donald Jacobson,  constitutes
and appoints David Brodsky and Howard Shecter, and each of them, as his true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution,  for his and
in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,  to execute any and all
documents  or   instruments   and  take  any  and  all  other  actions  as  said
attorney-in-fact  and agent shall deem appropriate in connection with any matter
relating to the filing of a Schedule 13D (including any amendments thereto) with
the United States  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  in connection  with the
acquisition  of common stock of Total Research  Corporation,  granting unto said
attorney-in-fact  and agent full power and  authority to do and perform each and
every thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully
to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person,  hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.

                  The undersigned agrees to hold the  attorney-in-fact and agent
free and harmless from any and all loss, claim,  damage or other liability which
he may sustain as a result of any action taken in good faith hereunder.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney on May 14, 1998.


                                                 /s/ Donald Jacobson
                                                 -------------------
                                                 Donald Jacobson

STATE of Florida           |
                           | ss.:
COUNTY of West Palm Beach  |

         BE IT  KNOWN,  That on the 14th day of May,  1998  before  me,  Marlene
Tackett, personally came and appeared Donald Jacobson, to me known, and known to
me to be the  individual  described in, and who executed the foregoing  Power of
Attorney, and he acknowledged to me that he executed same.



                                                 /s/ Marlene Tackett
                                                 -------------------
[SEAL]                                           Marlene Tackett

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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS,  that Anthony Lamport,  constitutes
and appoints David Brodsky and Howard Shecter, and each of them, as his true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution,  for his and
in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,  to execute any and all
documents  or   instruments   and  take  any  and  all  other  actions  as  said
attorney-in-fact  and agent shall deem appropriate in connection with any matter
relating to the filing of a Schedule 13D (including any amendments thereto) with
the United States  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  in connection  with the
acquisition  of common stock of Total Research  Corporation,  granting unto said
attorney-in-fact  and agent full power and  authority to do and perform each and
every thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully
to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person,  hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.

         The undersigned agrees to hold the  attorney-in-fact and agent free and
harmless from any and all loss,  claim,  damage or other  liability which he may
sustain as a result of any action taken in good faith hereunder.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
on June 24, 1998.


                                                 /s/ Anthony Lamport
                                                 -------------------
                                                 Anthony Lamport

STATE of New York   |
                    | ss.:
COUNTY of New York  |



         BE IT KNOWN, That on the 24th day of June, 1998 before me, Mina Vitale,
personally came and appeared Anthony Lamport, to me known, and known to me to be
the individual  described in, and who executed the foregoing  Power of Attorney,
and he acknowledged to me that he executed same.



                                                 /s/ Mina Vitale
                                                 ---------------
[SEAL]                                           Mina Vitale

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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS,  that Alan Stuart,  constitutes and
appoints  David  Brodsky and Howard  Shecter,  and each of them, as his true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution,  for his and
in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,  to execute any and all
documents  or   instruments   and  take  any  and  all  other  actions  as  said
attorney-in-fact  and agent shall deem appropriate in connection with any matter
relating to the filing of a Schedule 13D (including any amendments thereto) with
the United States  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  in connection  with the
acquisition  of common stock of Total Research  Corporation,  granting unto said
attorney-in-fact  and agent full power and  authority to do and perform each and
every thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully
to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person,  hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.

         The undersigned agrees to hold the  attorney-in-fact and agent free and
harmless from any and all loss,  claim,  damage or other  liability which he may
sustain as a result of any action taken in good faith hereunder.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
on May 14, 1998.

                                                 /s/ Alan Stuart
                                                 ---------------
                                                 Alan Stuart

STATE of New York   |
                    | ss.:
COUNTY of New York  |



         BE IT KNOWN,  That on the 14th day of May,  1998  before me,  Edward J.
Polito,  personally came and appeared Alan Stuart,  to me known, and known to me
to be the  individual  described  in, and who  executed the  foregoing  Power of
Attorney, and he acknowledged to me that he executed same.



                                                 /s/ Edward J. Polito
                                                 --------------------
[SEAL]                                           Edward J. Polito

<PAGE>


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that David Brodsky, constitutes and
appoints Howard Shecter as his true and lawful  attorney-in-fact and agent, with
full power of substitution, for his and in his name, place and stead, in any and
all capacities, to execute any and all documents or instruments and take any and
all other actions as said  attorney-in-fact  and agent shall deem appropriate in
connection  with any matter  relating to the filing of a Schedule 13D (including
any  amendments   thereto)  with  the  United  States  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission in connection  with the acquisition of common stock of Total Research
Corporation,  granting  unto  said  attorney-in-fact  and agent  full  power and
authority to do and perform each and every thing  requisite  and necessary to be
done in connection  therewith,  as fully to all intents and purposes as he might
or  could  do  in  person,   hereby  ratifying  and  confirming  all  that  said
attorney-in-fact and agent may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         The undersigned agrees to hold the  attorney-in-fact and agent free and
harmless from any and all loss,  claim,  damage or other  liability which he may
sustain as a result of any action taken in good faith hereunder.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
on May 14, 1998.

                                                 /s/ David Brodsky
                                                 -----------------
                                                 David Brodsky

STATE of Rhode Island |
                      | ss.:
COUNTY of Newport     |

         BE IT KNOWN, That on the 14th day of May, 1998 before me, Marc A. Pine,
personally came and appeared David Brodsky,  to me known,  and known to me to be
the individual  described in, and who executed the foregoing  Power of Attorney,
and he acknowledged to me that he executed same.


                                                 /s/ Marc A. Pine
                                                 ----------------
[SEAL]                                           Marc A. Pine


<PAGE>

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS,  that Howard  Shecter,  constitutes
and appoints  David Brodsky as his true and lawful  attorney-in-fact  and agent,
with full power of  substitution,  for his and in his name,  place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to execute any and all documents or instruments and take
any and all  other  actions  as  said  attorney-in-fact  and  agent  shall  deem
appropriate in connection  with any matter  relating to the filing of a Schedule
13D  (including any  amendments  thereto) with the United States  Securities and
Exchange  Commission in connection with the acquisition of common stock of Total
Research  Corporation,  granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power
and authority to do and perform each and every thing  requisite and necessary to
be done in  connection  therewith,  as fully to all intents  and  purposes as he
might or could do in  person,  hereby  ratifying  and  confirming  all that said
attorney-in-fact and agent may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         The undersigned agrees to hold the  attorney-in-fact and agent free and
harmless from any and all loss,  claim,  damage or other  liability which he may
sustain as a result of any action taken in good faith hereunder.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
on May 14, 1998.


                                                 /s/ Howard Shecter
                                                 ------------------
                                                 Howard Shecter

STATE of Pennsylvania  |
                       | ss.:
COUNTY of Philadelphia |

         BE IT  KNOWN,  That on the  14th day of May,  1998  before  me,  Astrid
Karnas,  personally came and appeared Howard Shecter,  to me known, and known to
me to be the  individual  described in, and who executed the foregoing  Power of
Attorney, and he acknowledged to me that he executed same.

                                                 /s/ Astrid Karnas
                                                 -----------------
[SEAL]                                           Astrid Karnas

<PAGE>

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW  ALL  PERSONS  BY  THESE  PRESENTS,   that  George  L.  Lindemann,
constitutes and appoints David Brodsky and Howard Shecter,  and each of them, as
his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution,
for his and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,  to execute
any and all documents or instruments  and take any and all other actions as said
attorney-in-fact  and agent shall deem appropriate in connection with any matter
relating to the filing of a Schedule 13D (including any amendments thereto) with
the United States  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  in connection  with the
acquisition  of common stock of Total Research  Corporation,  granting unto said
attorney-in-fact  and agent full power and  authority to do and perform each and
every thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully
to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person,  hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.

         The undersigned agrees to hold the  attorney-in-fact and agent free and
harmless from any and all loss,  claim,  damage or other  liability which he may
sustain as a result of any action taken in good faith hereunder.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
on July 2, 1998.


                                                 /s/ George L. Lindemann
                                                 -----------------------
                                                 George L. Lindemann

STATE of New York  |
                   | ss.:
COUNTY of New York |

         BE IT  KNOWN,  That on the 2nd day of July,  1998  before  me,  Carline
Banatte,  personally  came and appeared George L.  Lindemann,  to me known,  and
known to me to be the  individual  described  in, and who executed the foregoing
Power of Attorney, and he acknowledged to me that he executed same.



                                                 /s/ Carline Banatte
                                                 -------------------
[SEAL]                                           Carline Banatte
                                                 


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                                                                       Exhibit C
                                                                       ---------

                  AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT


         AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") made as
of June 18, 1998 among TOTAL RESEARCH  CORPORATION,  a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), and DAVID BRODSKY, of Wellington, Florida, as the representative for
an entity or group to be formed (the "Purchaser").

                                   BACKGROUND

         A. The parties have entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of
April 16, 1998 (the "Original Stock Purchase Agreement"), providing, among other
things,  for  the  sale  by the  Company  to the  Purchaser  and  his  designees
identified   on  Schedule  1.1  to  the  Original   Stock   Purchase   Agreement
(collectively, the "Designees") of one million (1,000,000) of the authorized but
unissued shares of Common Stock,  $.001 par value per share, of the Company (the
"Purchased Securities").

         B.  Pursuant to Article VI of the Original  Stock  Purchase  Agreement,
during the five (5) year period  following the Closing  Date,  the Purchaser and
the  Designees  have  agreed to provide  or arrange  for others to provide up to
$25,000,000.00  in  debt  or  equity  financing  for  the  Company  to  complete
acquisitions and/or projects approved by the Board of Directors,  subject to the
limitations contained in the Original Stock Purchase Agreement.

         C. The  Purchaser and the Designees  have  requested  that the Original
Stock  Purchase  Agreement  be  amended  and  restated  to modify  the terms and
conditions  of  their  financing   obligations   under  Article  VI  thereof  in
consideration of other modifications to the Original Stock Purchase Agreement.

         NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of the foregoing and the covenants
herein contained,  the parties hereto,  intending to be legally bound,  agree as
follows:

                                    ARTICLE I

                    SALE AND PURCHASE OF PURCHASED SECURITIES


         SECTION  1.1.  Sale  and  Purchase.  Subject  to all of the  terms  and
conditions  hereof and in reliance on the  representations  and  warranties  set
forth or referred to herein, at the Closing the Company agrees to issue and sell
to the Purchaser and his designees, as listed in Schedule 1.1 (the "Designees"),
at a price of $2.25 per share (the "Per Share Price"),  and the  Purchaser,  for
himself and the Designees, hereby agrees to purchase, the Purchased Securities.

         SECTION  1.2. Option Shares.  In  addition,  at the Closing the Company
shall issue and deliver to the Purchaser and the Designees an option to purchase
an aggregate of two hundred fifty  thousand  (250,000)  shares of the authorized
but unissued shares of Common Stock of the Company at the Per Share Price.  This
option shall be  exercisable  at any time within five (5) years from the Closing
Date;  provided,  however,  that any shares of Company stock  purchased 


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upon the  exercise  of the option  shall be subject  to the  Company's  right of
repurchase in Article VI until the earlier of (i) the date after the thirty (30)
day period following the twenty-four (24) month  anniversary of the Closing Date
described  in Article VI hereof has  expired,  or (ii) the date that the Company
has  acknowledged in writing that the Purchaser and the Designees have fulfilled
their $5 million  financing  undertaking  as set forth in said  Article  VI. The
grant of this  option  shall be  evidenced  by an Option  Agreement  between the
Company and the Purchaser and the Designees, in form satisfactory to the parties
and containing terms and conditions  customarily  found in option  agreements of
like nature,  including  provisions  for the  adjustment of the number of shares
subject to the option and the Per Share Price in the event of a stock  dividend,
stock split, reorganization, merger or other adjustment in the capitalization of
the Company.  Any shares purchased pursuant to the option grant shall contain an
appropriate legend reflecting the restrictions contained herein.

         SECTION  1.3.  Closing.  The  closing of the  purchase  and sale of the
Purchased  Securities  (the  "Closing")  will take  place at the  offices of the
Company,  Princeton Corporate Center, 5 Independence Way, Princeton, New Jersey,
at 10:00 A.M. on July 1, 1998 (the "Closing Date"); provided,  however, that, to
the extent  necessary,  the Company and the Purchaser may delay the Closing Date
up to August 1, 1998 if all  conditions  precedent  in Article IV and V have not
been fully satisfied or waived. If the conditions precedent in Articles IV and V
have not been fully  satisfied or waived by August 1, 1998, then such conditions
will be  deemed  waived  on such  date  unless  the  Purchaser  (in the event of
nonsatisfaction  of a  condition  in Article IV) or the Company (in the event of
nonsatisfaction of a condition in Article V) gives written notice of termination
of this  Agreement to the other party before 5:00 P.M. on August 1, 1998. At the
Closing,  the Company will deliver to the  Purchaser  the  Purchased  Securities
against  payment of the Per Share Price therefor for each Purchased  Security by
wire transfer or check in immediately  available  funds on or before the Closing
Date. The Purchased Securities will be issued on or before the Closing Date, and
registered to the Purchaser and the Designees as he shall direct.

         SECTION 1.4.  Change of  Designees.  Any  additions to the  individuals
listed  as  Designees  in  Schedule  1.1 shall be made  only if the  Company  is
reasonably  satisfied that the individual to be added is of a character,  status
and financial capability comparable to the Purchaser and the Designees.

         SECTION 1.5. Use of Proceeds.  Proceeds  from the sale of the Purchased
Securities  hereunder  shall be used for working  capital and general  corporate
purposes as determined from time to time by the Company's Board of Directors.


                                   ARTICLE II

                  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY


         In order to induce the  Purchaser to enter into this  Agreement  and to
purchase the Purchased  Securities,  the Company hereby  represents and warrants
that:

         SECTION  2.1.  Organization  and Good  Standing.  The  Company  is duly
organized,  validly  existing  and  in  good  standing  in its  jurisdiction  of
incorporation  and is duly qualified as a 


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foreign  corporation and authorized to do business in all other jurisdictions in
which the nature of its business or property makes such qualification  necessary
and where the failure to so qualify would not have a material  adverse effect on
the Company's financial position or results of operations.

         SECTION 2.2. Authorization.  The execution, delivery and performance by
the Company of this  Agreement,  and the issuance and sale by the Company of the
Purchased  Securities  hereunder:   (a)  are  within  the  Company's  power  and
authority; (b) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate proceedings;
and (c) do not and will not result in the  creation  of any lien upon any of the
Company's  property or conflict with or result in any breach of any provision of
the Company's charter or by-laws or any law, regulation,  order, judgment, writ,
injunction,  license,  permit,  agreement or  instrument to which the Company is
subject.

         SECTION 2.3.  Due  Issuance.  When issued and paid for,  the  Purchased
Securities  will be validly  issued and  outstanding  and will be fully paid and
non-assessable.

         SECTION 2.4. Consents.  The execution,  delivery and performance by the
Company of this Agreement, and the issuance and sale of the Purchased Securities
hereunder, do not and will not require the approval or consent of, or any filing
with,  any  governmental  authority  or agency or any other  person other than a
Notice of Sale of Securities  Pursuant to Regulation D under the  Securities Act
of 1933, as amended,  and any required state  securities law filings relating to
the issuance and sale of the Purchased  Securities  which have been filed or are
permitted to be filed after the date of such issuance and sale.

         SECTION 2.5. Reports and Financial Statements; Undisclosed Liabilities.

         (a) The  Purchasers  have  heretofore  been furnished with complete and
correct  copies of all Form 10-K,  10-Q and 8-K filings with the  Securities and
Exchange Commission in the past three years (the "SEC Reports").

         (b) Except as otherwise  specifically disclosed in the SEC Reports, the
Financial  Statements set forth therein for the year ended June 30, 1996 and for
periods thereafter (the "Financial  Statement") were prepared in accordance with
generally  accepted  accounting  principles  applied on a basis  consistent with
prior periods  except as otherwise  stated  therein;  each of the balance sheets
included in Financial  Statements fairly presents the financial condition of the
as at the close of business on the date thereof;  and each of the  statements of
income  included in the  Financial  Statements  fairly  presents  the results of
operations of the Company for the fiscal  period then ended.  The Company has no
liabilities or obligations of any nature, whether absolute,  accrued, contingent
or otherwise,  which are required to be reflected or reserved  against,  but are
not so reflected or reserved  against in the  Financial  Statements,  except for
liabilities  that may have arisen in the  ordinary  and usual course of business
and consistent  with past practice and that  individually or in the aggregate do
not have and could not reasonably be expected to have a material  adverse effect
on the financial position or the results of operations of the Company.


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<PAGE>

         SECTION  2.6.  Tax  Returns.  The Company has filed all tax returns and
reports which are required to be filed with any foreign, federal, state or local
governmental  authority  or agency and has paid all taxes which have become due,
and made  adequate  provision for the payment of all taxes that will become due,
under  applicable  foreign,   federal,   state  or  local  governmental  law  or
regulations  with  respect to the  periods in respect of which such  returns and
reports were filed,  and all assessments of taxes. The Company has made adequate
provisions for all current taxes.

         SECTION 2.7. Title to Assets.  The Company owns all of its assets,  and
has good and marketable title with respect  thereto,  reflected in the Financial
Statements of the Company free and clear of all liens other than those disclosed
in the Financial Statements.

         SECTION 2.8.  Necessary  Property;  Condition of Property.  To the best
knowledge of the Company, the properties and assets owned, leased by or licensed
to the Company, and reflected in the Financial Statements  constitute all of the
real and personal properties, tangible and intangible, which are necessary, used
or useful  in the  conduct  of its  business  in the  manner  and to the  extent
presently conducted or as presently  contemplated to be conducted;  and no other
material  real or  personal  properties  are  required  for the  conduct  of the
business of the Company as presently conducted.

         SECTION 2.9. Necessary  Licenses and Permits.  To the best knowledge of
the Company, the Company has all licenses,  permits,  consents,  concessions and
other authorizations of governmental,  regulatory or administrative  agencies or
authorities,  whether  foreign,  federal,  state, or local,  required to own and
lease its  properties  and assets and to conduct its  business as now  conducted
except where the failure to have such permits would not have a material  adverse
effect on the results of operations or the financial position of the Company.

         SECTION 2.10.  Compliance with Law. The Company is in compliance in all
material  respects with all applicable  laws,  regulations,  orders,  judgments,
decrees, permits, licenses, franchises and authorizations.

         SECTION 2.11.  Litigation.  Except as set forth in Schedule 2.11, there
is no suit,  claim,  action,  proceeding  or  investigation  pending  or, to the
Company's  knowledge,  threatened  against  the  Company or any of its assets or
properties,  and to the best  knowledge of the Company,  there is no  reasonable
basis for any such suit, claim, action, proceeding or investigation.

         SECTION 2.12. No Material Adverse Changes. Since the date of the latest
of the Financial  Statements,  there has occurred no material  adverse change in
the  business,   assets,  properties  (tangible  and  intangible),   operations,
condition (financial or otherwise) or liabilities of the Company, whether or not
in the ordinary course of business,  whether separately or in the aggregate with
other  occurrences or developments,  and whether insured against or not, and the
Company has no knowledge of any occurrence or development which might reasonably
be expected to result in any such material adverse effect.

         SECTION 2.13. Disclosure. No representation, warranty or statement made
in  this  Agreement,  or  any  agreement,  certificate,  statement  or  document
furnished by or on behalf of the Company in connection  with the purchase of the
Purchased  Securities  contains or will contain 


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any  untrue  statement  of  material  fact or  omits to  state a  material  fact
necessary in order to make the statements  contained herein or therein, in light
of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.

                                   ARTICLE III

                           PURCHASER'S REPRESENTATIONS


         SECTION 3.1.  Investment  Intent.  The Purchaser hereby  represents and
warrants  to the  Company  that he is (and  each such  Designee  will be) (i) an
"accredited  investor" as defined in Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the  "Securities  Act") and (ii) acquiring the Purchased  Securities
for investment and not with a view to the distribution thereof.

         SECTION 3.2.  Exemption.  The Purchaser  understands that the Purchased
Securities are not, and will not be,  registered under the Securities Act on the
grounds  that  the sale  provided  for in this  Agreement  and the  issuance  of
securities  hereunder  is exempt  from  registration  under the  Securities  Act
pursuant  to section  4(2)  thereof,  and that the  Company's  reliance  on such
exemption is predicated on the Purchaser's representations set forth herein.

         SECTION  3.3.   Experience.   The  Purchaser   represents  that  he  is
experienced  in evaluating  and investing in companies  such as the Company,  is
familiar with the risks associated with the business and operations of companies
that operate in the market research industry,  has such knowledge and experience
in financial and business  matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and
risks of his  investment,  and has the ability to bear the economic risks of his
investment.  The Purchaser  represents that he has had, during the course of the
transaction  and  prior  to  his  purchase  of  the  Purchased  Securities,  the
opportunity to request information from and ask questions of the Company and its
officers, employees and agents, concerning the Company, its assets, business and
operations  and  to  receive  information  and  answers  to  such  requests  and
questions.

         SECTION 3.4. Restrictions on Resale. The Purchaser understands that the
Purchased  Securities  may not be sold,  transferred,  or otherwise  disposed of
without  registration  under the Securities Act or an exemption  therefrom,  and
that  in  the  absence  of an  effective  registration  statement  covering  the
Purchased  Securities  or an available  exemption  from  registration  under the
Securities  Act,  the  Purchased  Securities  must  be  held  indefinitely.  The
Purchaser  agrees that in no event will he make a transfer or disposition of any
of the Purchased  Securities  (other than pursuant to an effective  registration
statement  under the Securities  Act),  unless and until (i) the Purchaser shall
have notified the Company of the proposed  disposition  and (ii) if requested by
the Company, the Purchaser shall have furnished to the Company at the expense of
the Purchaser or his transferee,  an opinion of counsel reasonably  satisfactory
to the Company to the effect that such transfer may be made without registration
under the Securities Act.

         SECTION  3.5.  Financial  Ability.  The  Purchaser  and  the  Designees
together possess the financial resources to fulfill their obligations under this
Agreement.


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                                   ARTICLE IV

              CONDITIONS TO THE PURCHASER'S OBLIGATIONS TO PURCHASE


         The  Purchaser's   obligation  to  purchase  the  Purchased  Securities
pursuant  to Section  1.1 of this  Agreement  is subject  to  compliance  by the
Company with its agreements and  representations  herein  contained,  and to the
satisfaction, on or prior to the Closing Date, of the following conditions:

         SECTION  4.1.  Charter  Documents;  Good  Standing  Certificates.   The
Purchaser  shall have  received  from the  Company  (a) a copy of the  Company's
Certificate of Incorporation, certified by the Delaware Secretary of State to be
true and complete as of a date no more than five days prior to the Closing Date,
(b) a copy, certified by the Secretary of the Company to be true and complete as
of the Closing Date, of the by-laws  thereof;  and (c) a certificate,  dated not
more than five  days  prior to the date  hereof,  of the  relevant  governmental
authority  or other  appropriate  official  of each  state in which  each of the
Company  is  incorporated  or  qualified  to do  business,  as to the  Company's
corporate good standing in such state or  qualification  to do business,  as the
case may be.

         SECTION  4.2.  Proof of  Corporate  Action.  The  Purchaser  shall have
received from the Company copies  certified by the Secretary  thereof to be true
and  complete as of the Closing  Date,  of the records of all  corporate  action
taken  (a)  to  authorize  the  execution,  delivery  and  performance  of  this
Agreement;  (b) to  increase  the size of the Board of  Directors,  to remove or
accept the  resignations  of existing  members of the Board of Directors  and to
elect new members to the Board of Directors,  in such a manner so that the Board
of Directors immediately after Closing consists of eight (8) members,  comprised
of David  Brodsky  ("Brodsky"),  Howard L.  Shecter  ("Shecter"),  and George L.
Lindemann, and five (5) of the Company's incumbent directors (collectively,  the
"Director Slate"),  as approved by resolution of the Board of Directors;  (c) to
approve the Director Slate for submission to a vote of the  stockholders  of the
Company  for  election  at the next annual or special  meeting  thereof;  (d) to
designate an Executive  Committee  consisting  of the Chief  Executive  Officer,
Brodsky,  Shecter and a fourth member with substantial  experience in the market
research  industry,  to be  selected  by the  majority  vote of the other  three
members of the Executive Committee; (e) to provide that, between the meetings of
the Board of Directors  and while the Board of Directors is not in session,  the
Executive  Committee shall have the following primary  responsibilities:  (i) to
create  opportunities  in  the  form  of  acquisitions  of  other  companies  or
additional lines of business and (ii) to oversee strategic business planning and
shall also generally have the responsibility of acting on behalf of the Board of
Directors  between  meetings of the Board,  subject to the Board's  right at any
duly  convened  meeting  to  overrule  any  decision  or act  of  the  Executive
Committee;  (f) to appoint  Brodsky as Chairman of the Executive  Committee with
one additional vote if the Executive  Committee is deadlocked on any matter; (g)
to  designate  a  Nominating  Committee  consisting  of  Brodsky  and the  Chief
Executive  Officer;  (h) to provide  that,  between the meetings of the Board of
Directors  and while the Board of  Directors is not in session,  the  Nominating
Committee shall have the following powers:  (i) to nominate  individuals to fill
any  vacancies on the Board of  Directors,  (ii) to  nominate,  subject to Board
approval,  a slate of individuals to the Board of Directors to be submitted to a
vote of the  stockholders  of the  Company at a meeting  where the  election  of
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and (iii) to perform such other duties and to exercise  such other powers as may
be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors;
and (i) to provide for the Executive and Nominating Committees to continue as so
constituted  until the earlier to occur of (i) the  Purchaser's  and  Designees'
undertakings in Article VI have been fully satisfied or (ii) the Company in good
faith  determines  that the  Purchaser  or the  Designees  have  breached  their
undertaking in Article VI.

         SECTION 4.3. Representations and Warranties; Officer's Certificate. The
representations  and warranties  contained or incorporated  by reference  herein
shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date
with the same  force and  effect as though  made on and as of the  Closing  Date
except for those  representations  and warranties which relate specifically to a
particular date, provided that such representations and warranties were true and
correct in all  material  respects as of such date;  and the Company  shall have
performed  and  complied  with all  conditions  and  agreements  required  to be
performed or complied with by it prior to the Closing;  and the Purchaser  shall
have  received on the Closing Date a certificate  to these effects  signed by an
authorized officer of the Company.

         SECTION  4.4.  Legality;  Governmental  and Other  Authorizations.  The
purchase of the Purchased  Securities  by the Purchaser and the Designees  shall
not be prohibited by any law or governmental order or regulation,  and shall not
subject the Purchaser to any penalty,  special tax, or other onerous  condition.
All necessary consents, approvals,  licenses, permits, orders and authorizations
of, or  registrations,  declarations  and  filings  with,  any  governmental  or
administrative  agency, with respect to any of the transactions  contemplated by
this Agreement, shall have been duly obtained or made and shall be in full force
and effect.

         SECTION  4.5.  Due  Diligence.  The  Company  shall  have  granted  the
Purchaser  full access to the Company's  records and its  officers,  immediately
upon execution hereof, in order to conduct a thorough due diligence review,  and
the  Purchaser  shall  have  completed  a legal,  accounting  and  business  due
diligence  review of the Company (which he agrees to complete  within 14 days of
the date of this Agreement, subject to an extension of 14 additional days, up to
28 days if the Company is unable to provide the contemplated full access in said
14-day  period)  and the  results  thereof  shall  not  have  revealed  material
liabilities  or  significant  issues  adversely  affecting  the  Company and not
disclosed in the SEC Reports.

         SECTION 4.6. Management Contracts.  The Company shall have entered into
an employment  agreements with members of the Company's  Management  Council and
other key employees to be identified by the parties,  each  agreement to contain
terms  and  conditions  and to be in form  satisfactory  to the  Purchaser,  the
Company and the contracting employee.

                                    ARTICLE V

                     CONDITIONS TO THE COMPANY'S OBLIGATIONS


         The Company's  obligation  to sell and issue the  Purchased  Securities
pursuant to this  Agreement is subject to compliance  by the Purchaser  with the
agreements herein contained,  and to the satisfaction on or prior to the Closing
Date, of the following conditions:


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         SECTION 5.1. Representations. The representations made by the Purchaser
in Article III hereof  shall be true and correct in all material  respects  when
made and shall be true and  correct in all  material  respects as of the Closing
Date.

         SECTION 5.2. Designee Documentation.  The Purchaser shall identify each
of the designees of the Purchaser who will purchase Purchased Securities and who
will have the same  registered in his, hers or its name, and by the Closing each
such designee shall have executed and delivered to the Company an instrument, in
form reasonably  satisfactory to the Company,  by which he, she or it (a) agrees
to become a party to this Agreement,  to make the representations and warranties
made by the  Purchaser  in Article III hereof as to  himself,  herself or itself
only  and to be  fully  bound  by the  terms  and  conditions  hereof,  and  (b)
specifically joins in the covenant the Purchaser has made in Article VI hereof.

         SECTION 5.3. Company's Due Diligence.  The Company shall have completed
a due  diligence  review of the  Purchaser  and his  designees  who will acquire
Purchased Securities,  shall have verified that the representations contained in
biographies submitted by them are accurate in all significant respects and shall
have made a determination,  to be made in good faith,  that having the Purchaser
and the Designees as shareholders  will not adversely  affect the Company or its
position and reputation in its industry.

         SECTION 5.4.  Management  Contracts.  The Company shall have offered to
enter into employment  agreements  with the members of the Company's  Management
Council and other key employees to be  identified,  each agreement so offered to
contain terms and conditions and to be in form satisfactory to the Purchaser and
the Company.

         SECTION  5.5.  Governmental  and Other  Authorizations.  All  necessary
consents,  approvals,  licenses,  permits,  orders  and  authorizations  of,  or
registrations, declarations and filings with, any governmental or administrative
agency, with respect to any of the transactions  contemplated by this Agreement,
shall have been duly  obtained  or made and shall be in full  force and  effect,
provided that the Company  shall have  exercised its best efforts to obtain such
consents and approvals.

         SECTION 5.6.  Corporate  Action.  The corporate action  contemplated in
Section 4.2 hereof shall have been taken.

         SECTION 5.7. Nasdaq Approval.  The Company shall have received approval
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement from The Nasdaq Stock Market,
Inc.

                                   ARTICLE VI

                                SPECIAL COVENANT

         During  the  five (5) year  period  following  the  Closing  Date,  the
Purchaser and the Designees  will, on a best efforts basis,  assist in providing
or  arranging  for others to provide up to $25 million in equity  financing,  or
debt financing to the extent such financing exceeds $5 million in the aggregate,
for the Company to complete  acquisitions  and/or projects approved by the 


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Board of  Directors,  the form of the financing to be as determined by the Board
of  Directors  and to be on terms at least as  favorable  as the  Company  could
obtain from other sources not affiliated with the Purchaser; provided, that this
covenant shall not be deemed to constitute an obligation to directly  provide or
underwrite financing for the Company.  Notwithstanding the foregoing,  if during
the first  twenty-four  (24) months following the Closing Date, (i) The Board of
Directors has approved acquisitions and projects costing a minimum of $5 million
in the  aggregate  (the  "Approved  Acquisitions  or  Projects")  and  (ii)  the
Purchaser or the Designees  have either (x) not voted as a Board member in favor
of any Approved Acquisitions or Projects or (y) voted as a Board member in favor
of any Approved Acquisition or Projects and the Purchaser and the Designees have
not provided,  or caused others to provide,  the full $5 million in financing as
described above,  then during a thirty (30) day period following the twenty-four
(24) month  anniversary of the Closing Date, the Company shall have the right to
(x) purchase the Purchased Securities at ninety percent (90%) of the then market
price of the Company's  Common  Stock,  and (y) cancel all options under Section
1.2. In order for the Company to exercise its right  described in the  preceding
sentence,  a majority  vote of the Board of Directors  (other than the Purchaser
and the  Designees)  must have  approved such  repurchase.  For purposes of this
Article VI,  market price is to be  determined by averaging the closing price of
the Common  Stock for the ten (10)  trading  days prior to the  exercise  of the
right to  repurchase.  To the extent the  Purchaser  and/or the  Designees  have
provided,  or caused others to provide,  at least  $12,500,000  of the financing
undertaking  described  above,  the  Purchaser  shall  be  entitled  to have the
Purchaser and the Designees  constitute  one-half of the members of the Director
Slate for approval of the  stockholders  at the next annual  meeting  called for
such  purpose  and a majority  of the  Director  Slate once the full $25 million
undertaking  has  been  satisfied.  In the  event of a breach  by  Purchaser  or
Designees of the  undertakings  described in this Article VI, the Company's sole
and exclusive  remedies  hereunder shall be (i) the stock  repurchase and option
cancellation remedies with respect to the nonsatisfaction of the above described
$5 million  undertaking during the first 24 months and (ii) the right to disband
the Executive  and  Nominating  Committees  and have the Purchaser and Designees
ineligible for future  Directors' Slates during the five (5) year period covered
by this Article VI, which  ineligibility  the Purchaser and Designees consent to
in the event  that  Purchaser  or  Designees  have  breached  their  undertaking
described in this Article VI and (x) the Board has  determined  to implement the
stock  repurchase  and  option  cancellation  remedies  (with  respect to the $5
million  undertaking),  or (y)  following  the  first 24  months,  the Board has
determined  that the Purchaser  and the Designees  have breached the $25 million
undertaking.  A breach of this  Article VI shall not exist  unless and until the
Board has  delivered  to  Purchaser  a copy of a  resolution  duly  adopted by a
majority  of the  Board  at a  meeting  of the  Board  called  and held for such
purpose, finding that a breach exists in the good faith opinion of the Board and
specifying the essential facts underlying its determination.  This Article shall
not  prevent  Purchaser  or the  Designees  from  challenging  in any  court  of
competent jurisdiction the Board's determination that a breach has occurred. The
Board must provide notice to Purchaser that it is intending to declare Purchaser
or  Designees  in  breach of this  Article  at least 48 hours  before  the Board
meeting at which such action is to be voted upon,  and,  with respect to the $25
million undertaking, the Board must provide the Purchaser and the Designees with
at least 30 days  written  notice  and an  opportunity  to cure in the event the
Board  determines  that the  Purchaser  and the  Designees  have  breached  such
undertaking.


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                                   ARTICLE VII

                                    EXPENSES

         In the event the  transactions  contemplated by this Agreement shall be
consummated  or if the  transactions  contemplated  by  this  Agreement  are not
consummated  by reason of the  failure  by the  Company  to so  consummate  when
legally  obligated  to do so  hereunder,  the Company  hereby  agrees to pay all
reasonable  out of pocket  fees,  costs and expenses  incurred by the  Purchaser
(such as travel,  photocopy and telephone expenses and including the expenses of
one counsel for the  Purchaser),  up to a maximum of  $50,000.00,  which amounts
shall be  treated  as an  adjustment  to the  purchase  price for the  Purchased
Securities.

                                  ARTICLE VIII

                                     NOTICES


         All  demands,  notices,  requests,  consents  and other  communications
required  or  permitted  under this  Agreement  shall be in writing and shall be
personally delivered or sent by facsimile machine (with a confirmation copy sent
by one of the other methods authorized in this Section),  commercial  (including
FedEx) or U.S. Postal Service overnight delivery service, or, deposited with the
U.S. Postal Service mailed first class,  registered or certified  mail,  postage
prepaid, as set forth below:

If to the Company, addressed to:
Total Research Corporation
Princeton Corporate Center
5 Independence Way
Princeton, NJ  08540

with a copy to:
Thomas A. Belton, Esq.
Drinker, Biddle & Reath LLP
105 College Road East
P.O. Box 627
Princeton, NJ  08542-0627

If to the Purchaser, addressed to:
Mr. David Brodsky
2856 Hurlingham Way
Wellington, FL  33414

with a copy to:
Howard Sobel, Esq.
Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel
919 Third Avenue
New York, NY  10022-3903


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     If to any other holder of record of any security,  to it at its address set
     forth in the  applicable  register  maintained  by the Company with respect
     thereto.


                                   ARTICLE IX

                       SURVIVAL OF COVENANTS, AGREEMENTS,
                         REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

         All covenants,  agreements,  representations and warranties made herein
or in any other  document  referred to herein or delivered to any party pursuant
hereto   shall  be  deemed  to  have  been   relied  on  by  each  such   party,
notwithstanding  any  investigation  made by such  party or on its  behalf.  All
representations  and  warranties  made herein shall  survive the  execution  and
delivery of this Agreement.

                                    ARTICLE X

                             AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS


         Except  as  otherwise  expressly  provided  herein,  any  term  of this
Agreement may be amended and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be
waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or
prospectively)  only with the written  consent of the Company and the Purchaser.
Any  amendment or waiver  effected in  accordance  with this Article IX shall be
binding  upon the  Company  and each  holder of any  Purchased  Securities  sold
pursuant to this Agreement.


                                   ARTICLE XI

                               RIGHT TO PUBLICIZE


         Each of the parties  hereto hereby  agrees that it will not,  except as
required by law,  issue a press release or make any public  statement  regarding
the transactions  contemplated  hereby without the prior approval of the Company
and the Purchaser,  provided, however, that following the Closing, the Purchaser
will have the right to publicize his  investment in the Company as  contemplated
hereby by means of a tombstone advertisement or other customary advertisement in
newspapers  and  other  periodicals  which  advertisement  shall  be  reasonably
acceptable to the Company.  Further,  the Company will make all necessary public
disclosures  and filings with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission and will
have the right to inform  actual or  prospective  customers  and lenders of such
investment.

                                   ARTICLE XII

             ENTIRE AGREEMENT; COUNTERPARTS; SECTION HEADINGS, ETC.


         This Agreement and the other  writings  referred to herein or delivered
pursuant hereto which form a part hereof contain the entire understanding of the
parties hereto with respect to its 


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subject   matter.   This   Agreement   supersedes   all  prior   agreements  and
understandings between the parties with respect to its subject matter.

         Any action or decision  required or permitted to be made by the Company
under this Agreement shall be made by the Company's  Board of Directors,  unless
otherwise expressly stated herein.

         This Agreement may be executed in any number of  counterparts,  each of
which shall be deemed an original,  but all of which together  shall  constitute
one and the same instrument. The descriptive headings of sections and paragraphs
of this  Agreement are inserted for  convenience  only,  and do not constitute a
part  of this  Agreement  and  shall  not  affect  in any  way  the  meaning  or
interpretation of this Agreement.

         The  termination  of this  Agreement  shall not cause a termination  or
cancellation of Confidentiality  Agreements heretofore provided by the Purchaser
and the Designees.

         IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the Company and the Purchaser  have executed this
Agreement as of the day and year first above written.


                                        COMPANY:
                                        TOTAL RESEARCH CORPORATION


                                        By:  /s/ Albert Angrisani
                                           ----------------------
                                             Name: Albert Angrisani
                                             Title: President and CEO


                                        PURCHASER:

                                              /s/ David Brodsky
                                              -------------------
                                         Name:  DAVID BRODSKY


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                                  SCHEDULE 1.1

                                    DESIGNEES



                                 EUGENE GOLDBERG

                                 DONALD JACOBSON

                               ANTHONY M. LAMPORT

                                HOWARD L. SHECTER

                               GEORGE L. LINDEMANN

                                 ALAN L. STUART


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                                  SCHEDULE 2.11

                                   LITIGATION

The Company has  received  notice of a  Counterclaim  in a suit filed by Company
against Agricultural Marketing Research Services, t/a AMRS and William Campbell,
pending in the Superior Court of New Jersey,  Docket No.  L-12206-97.  A copy of
the Defendant's Answer & Counterclaim is attached.


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                                                                       Exhibit D

                                  49 Krebs Road
                              Plainsboro, NJ 08536

April 16, 1998

Mr. David Brodsky
c/o Edwards & Angell
2700 Hospital Trust Tower
Providence, RI 02903

Dear Mr. Brodsky:

Please  consider this letter  agreement to constitute  the terms and  conditions
under  which I agree to sell and you,  as the  representative  for an  entity or
group to be formed  ("Buyer"),  agree to buy,  200,000  shares (the "Shares") of
common  stock,  par value  $.001 per share,  of Total  Research  Corporation,  a
Delaware  corporation  ("TRC"),  that I own.  These terms and  conditions are as
follows:

1.At Closing (as hereinafter defined),  Buyer agrees to buy, and I agree to sell
the  Shares of common  stock,  par value  $.001 per share,  of TRC (the  "Common
Stock"),  for a  purchase  price of $2.25 per share  (the  "Per  Share  Purchase
Price")  amounting in the  aggregate to a purchase  price of Four Hundred  Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($450,000)(the "Purchase Price").

I hereby represent and warrant as of the Closing the following:

(a)The  Shares have not been  registered  under the  Securities  Act of 1933, as
amended  (the  "Securities  Act"),  or under any state  securities  law, and are
"restricted  securities"  within the  meaning of such Act and may not be further
transferred  except in accordance with such Act and applicable  state securities
law.

(b)I own (beneficially and of record) the Shares individually and free and clear
of all liens and encumbrances and have full power and authority to sell,  convey
and  transfer  the  Shares.  No one else has any rights in and to the Shares and
there exists no rights,  options,  warrants or conversion rights with respect to
the Shares.

The Buyer represents and warrants as of the Closing the following:

(a)The Buyer is acquiring the Shares solely for its own account
and with no intention of distributing or reselling said

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securities or any part thereof,  of interest  therein,  in any transaction which
would be in violation of the securities  laws of the United States of America or
any states therein,  without prejudice,  however,  to your right at all times to
sell or otherwise dispose of all or any of the Shares pursuant to a registration
statement under the Securities Act or under an exemption from such  registration
available under the Securities Act.

         (b) Buyer is an  "accredited  investor" as such term is defined in Rule
501 of  Regulation D of the  Securities  Act, and has  sufficient  knowledge and
experience in business and financial  matters as to be capable of evaluating the
merits and risks of this  investment and protecting  your interest in connection
with such purchase.

The  Purchase  Price  shall be paid at Closing by  certified  check  drawn to my
order, or by wire transfer of immediately  available  funds  consistent with the
wire instructions that I will furnish in writing to Buyer.

At Closing,  I shall deliver to Buyer a stock certificate  registered in my name
representing the Shares,  together with a stock power duly endorsed.  I agree to
execute such  additional  documents as may be necessary to convey the Shares and
vest full title to the Shares in Buyer's name or the name of your  designees and
to consummate the transactions contemplated at the Closing.

The Closing for  purposes of this letter  agreement is to occur at the office of
Thomas P. Borkowski, Esq., One Pennington-Washington  Crossing Road, Pennington,
New Jersey 08534 no later than the last day of the Due Diligence Period, or such
other time and place as Buyer and I shall mutually  agree.  The Closing to occur
on May 7, 1998.

         This letter  agreement  is binding  upon the  parties  hereto and their
respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns. This letter
agreement  may be executed in two or more  counterparts,  each of which shall be
deemed an original but all of which shall  together  constitute one and the same
instrument.  This letter agreement  constitutes the entire agreement  between us
and  supersedes  any prior  understandings,  agreement or  representation  by or
between   us,   written   or   oral   (including,    without   limitation,   the
"Brodsky/Zissman/Devine  Term  Sheet").  This  agreement  shall be governed  by,
construed  and in  accordance  with the laws of the  State of  Delaware  without
giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the

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State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of
the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.

Very truly yours,



/s/ Hugh Devine
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HUGH DEVINE                                                 WITNESS

Accepted and Agreed to this 16th day of April, 1998


/s/ David Brodsky                                           /s/ Carolyn Brodsky
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DAVID BRODSKY                                               WITNESS







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