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Word: custodiat (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...QUIS CUSTODIAT ipsos custodes?" (Who guards the guardians?) was the Latin quotation of the month following the release of the Tower Commission report. Members of the commission used the quotation when talking about the lack of supervision which they said led to mismanagement and possibly to financial illegality in the Iran-Contra affair. "Quis custodiat ipsos custodes" may be equally apt in scrutinizing the financial operations of the Undergraduate Council...

Author: By Kevin M. Malisani, | Title: Who Guards the Council? | 4/23/1987 | See Source »

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