Word: oversights
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...intelligent reader doubts that Frost had a dark side. Dread--of the "beast" waiting in night and cold, of Frost's forsaken conviction that "there is no oversight of human affairs"--gnaws at the edges of his work. Frost was not writing Hallmark cards...
...credible system of public oversight,"Posner said. "It's going to take a lot of work;[about] 20 employees will work on this on afull-time basis. It's unrealistic to think theuniversities are going to be able to do a betterjob...
...Many attribute this lack of discussion to a growing consensus that committees can be trusted and no longer need the oversight of their colleagues, who are frequently removed from the issues at hand...
...result of Starr's conduct during his investigation, it seems clear that Congress will not renew the law this year without substantial revisions. The most urgent flaw of the current statute is that the independent counsel, though himself appointed to oversee and investigate public officials, has no oversight himself. There was no one to monitor him as he spent more than $40 million on his campaign...
...face of the many flaws of the independent counsel statute, there are some in Congress who would rather just see the law expire instead of revising it. This would be a mistake. The basic principle of government oversight on which the law is based is a sound one and it is clear that an independent prosecutor law of some sort is necessary...