Word: watchdog
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Watchdog...
...Lowell, Mass., police halted Frank W. Shuflat, found him loaded down with $100 worth of merchandise, leading on a leash a docile police dog, watchdog of a restaurant he had just robbed...
When President Gay made his original assault on SEC trading strictures, the Commission's chairman was James M. Landis. An amiable watchdog, he made only a partial retort, resigned to become dean of Harvard Law School (TIME, Sept. 27). For not replying in full, the SEC came in for considerable criticism from New Dealers. So when the SEC fell to Chairman William Orville Douglas, he began negotiating with the Stock Exchange for a letter to be written by President Gay explaining that the Exchange had no knife sharpened for the SEC and reviewing the Exchange's own plans...
...will watch the guardians themselves?" is the inviting slogan of the magazine. Well, if I am to be the watchdog this time, I will bark and say that the November issue has taken on a bit of the color of the month in which it appears...
...their holdings. A paid staff of lawyers, accountants and financial experts would analyze and evaluate new issues as applications were made to the SEC for listings.* Investors' Research would not only issue confidential bulletins to members but they would attend stockholders' and bondholders' meetings, play watchdog on corporate activities, maintain legislative lobbies to protect investors' interests at Washington and among the States...