Word: monitoring
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...article "Boom Time in Venture Capital" [Aug. 10], the securities division of my office has observed an increase in the number of inexperienced companies seeking initial financing through public offerings. Often the low stock prices of these enterprises make them attractive to inexpert investors who cannot monitor their performance. Consequently, these companies are mostly not appropriate investments for the small investor...
Some 3,000 supervisors and 2,000 nonstriking or nonunion controllers were manning the towers and radar centers that monitor U.S. air flights. A backup force of some 500 military controllers, out of an available pool of 10,000, rushed to major air centers. They began studying civilian control procedures, and would begin to take up shifts this week if needed. Up to 700 military controllers can be reassigned to civilian posts with only a minimal effect on military operations; if the FAA needed more than 700, selective cutbacks in military flights would be required...
...will continue to monitor Skocpol's scholarly progress, and will make the final decision on tenure for the former associate professor, the spokesman said. The case drew front-page stories and editorials in papers across the nation this spring...
...rising costs and volume (up 7% to 8% annually) of litigation. In May some 70 corporations sent representatives to a Washington conference held by Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader for advice on paring legal fees. Nader's prescriptions: hire in-house legal staffs to handle simple cases and to monitor billing for outside legal work; diversify legal services by hiring a number of firms, including smaller ones; and settle more disputes through mediation or out-of-court settlements. Though initially met by some skepticism, Nader's ideas are taking hold. In-house legal staffs, in particular, are becoming increasingly...
...workers are continuing to monitor Harvard buildings to insure that they are not cooled below 78 degrees, a policy instituted last summer after a call for conservation from then-President Carter, Joyce said...