Word: peering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...recently formed Umbrella Committee of Peer Service Groups, designed to coordinate the work of the 13 participating counseling bodies, is currently preparing a newsletter describing their activities for distribution at spring registration...
Dramatic Losses. Last week the results of the accounting profession's first "peer review" were in, and, to no one's surprise, they were generally complimentary. Young found some weaknesses in Peat, Marwick procedures; in a few cases, it said the firm had not kept adequate records. But in general Young concluded that Peat, Marwick complied with accounting principles laid down by the Financial Accounting Standards Board. "We did not find perfection," Young Managing Partner William S. Kanaga said in a letter to Peat, Marwick Senior Partner Walter E. Hanson. "But no professional auditor who is knowledgeable...
...Young review could thus accelerate self-policing of the accounting profession. The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants has urged "peer review" on member firms, but it wanted the results kept confidential...
Problems arise when Jake's wife and son arrive from Russia. From the moment that they peer at each other through the immigration fence at Ellis Island, it is evident that Gitl (Carol Kane) and Yossele (Paul Freedman) will have trouble adjusting to Jake's foreign lifestyle. Jake, whose name was formerly Yaakov, now insists that they change their son's name from Yossele to Joey. He objects to his wife's wig as a vestige of the old country and insists that she wear her hair naturally...
...Office of Undergraduate Affairs may have been tackling more than it could handle when it announced this week that it will try to coordinate all the undergraduate groups involved in peer counseling...