Word: monitoring
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Washington and elsewhere, nonproliferation experts are concerned over an erosion of confidence in the inspection apparatus of the International Atomic Energy Agency; the system is designed to monitor adherence to nonproliferation standards. The concern focuses on the "safeguards" sponsored by the I.A.E.A. to detect the diversion of peaceful atomic technology to bomb-making purposes. Some experts fear that the safeguard scheme is inadequate to the task at hand, while others are worried that the lack of confidence can itself lead to further weakening of an inspection system that in large measure functions on a basis of trust...
...forever trying to outdo themselves. TWA and Pan Am, among others, arrange their seats four or six (instead of eight) across in what is called business class. This is nicer than coach but a little less plush than first class, which tends to cause jitters among the watchdogs who monitor corporate expense accounts. With all of that, could revamping of the seat itself be far, uh, behind? Now TWA has introduced its "Business Lounger," the airline's answer to one of the worst problems in the sky: flying fanny fatigue...
...microswitch on the door of the canister housing the satellite. Other frustrations included a sticky latch on an air lock in the Spacelab, which prevented mission specialists from maneuvering the Very Wide Field Camera outside to survey ultraviolet radiation from interstellar sources, and a failed effort to monitor crew members' urine production in a weightless environment...
...pretty careful [about protecting valuables]," Anderson said "We've had maybe two incidents in the last three years." He said that the more teams that use the Field House, the more traffic there is, and it's hard to monitor who is supposed to be there...
...simple and practical alternatives to the current emphasis imprisonment. Only there convicted of violent crimes should even be considered for imprisonment. Others can be fined, sentenced on probation or terms of public service (as John Zaccaro recently was), or sent to halfway houses or part-time center which both monitor convicts and provide support and counseling to set them on the right course. Such options, provide a sufficient deferent to crime--in the form of fines and of relative loss of freedom--but they also give criminals an option to reform, Moreover, they place less of a burden...