Word: watchdogged
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Since its inception, Project West Ford has met with stiff opposition from astronomers all over the world. In 1961 the International Astronomical Union officially expressed its disapproval of the program. Because of West Ford, both the IAU and the National Academy of Sciences have created "watchdog committees" to help scientists appraise space programs that might impede their research...
Although radio astronomers have the most reason for concern, the optical observers are also worried. William Liller, a member of the NAS watchdog group and Professor of Astronomy, has attempted to determine the optical brightness of the copper cloud with the Harvard 61-inch telescope. So far Liller has had no success, but other astronomers have photographed the cloud and have shown that it is not unduly bright...
...Republican candidate for city comptroller withdrew after a firm he once headed was found insolvent by the Baltimore Circuit Court. The G.O.P. filled the vacancy with Hyman Pressman, a Democrat who had switched tickets after los ing his own party's nomination for comptroller. Pressman, self-styled "watchdog'' of Baltimore's budget, is a perennial candidate for one office or another and, while never before a winner, he has a considerable following. Baltimore politicians figured that his presence on the ticket attracted enough Democrats to put McKeldin (and himself) across...
...suggests that the interests of the community of students, both as employees and as consumers, would best be served if Mr. Burke held only the job of Director of Student Employment, if the University employed another administrator to direct the HSA, and if a more active and more disinterested watchdog committee were appointed to mediate the relations of the HSA and the community--The Editors
...away and claim a big write-off. The Bureau of Internal Revenue has shied away from contesting these appraisals, feeling incompetent to judge art, but reputable connoisseurs and galleries have grown uneasy for the reputation of art dealers as a whole. It took the help of Manhattan's watchdog Art Dealers Association of America for the Revenue Bureau to win a specific victory that could mark the beginning of an effective crackdown...