Word: oversight
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...resign from the HSF because of “the HSF’s destructive demonstration during the [career panel].” In fact, HSF’s demonstration was before the event and outside of the Science Center building, where the actual panel took place. Such an oversight, however egregious, is likely to be common amongst those seeking only a superficial understanding of Tuesday’s protest—yet it points to the way in which a few can label the many...
Impassioned TV viewers responded to the cover story on efforts to clean up sleazy programming. Some called for more oversight to reduce the level of sex, violence and profanity, but most objected to government involvement. Many felt the values activists should let grownups make their own decisions...
...toothed comb may make continued divestment proponents salivate. And it might yield a few more companies that Harvard should consider divesting from. But it would also reveal Harvard’s positions to other investors, and it would set a dangerous precedent. The HMC cannot feasibly operate with student oversight. Continued divestment proponents should be content with CCSR’s new spirit of scrutiny—as evidenced by its decision to recommend divestment from PetroChina—and trust the Corporation, and the HMC, to police themselves. Lines have to be drawn. Ultimately, the benefits of ridding Harvard...
Officials at the United Nations Educational, Science, and Cultural Organization have stated that there was no procedure set up to warn the affected countries. This lack of oversight is simply unacceptable. The UN must ensure that these bureaucratic impediments to effective warnings are removed...
Buffett's being drawn into the insurance muck throws a spotlight on the industry and has rekindled the debate over whether insurance companies need federal oversight. Regulation of the industry rests mainly with the states, which are short on resources--a condition that may have allowed abuses to incubate. Insurer Marsh & McLennan, formerly run by Greenberg's son Jeffrey, agreed to pay $850 million to settle civil fraud charges earlier this year. Others being probed include Chubb, Swiss Reinsurance...