Word: watchdogged
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fondness for quoting the plays of Jean (The Madwoman of Chaillot) Giraudoux, Fouchet has a reputation for plain speaking and personal honesty. He escaped when France fell, served as a Free French paratrooper. He has been a dedicated Gaullist ever since, worked for Le Grand Charles as propagandist, diplomat, watchdog in the National Assembly, and for the past eight months as chairman of the Fouchet Committee on European unity while at the same time serving as Ambassador to Denmark. Fouchet managed to keep the respect of other diplomats from Common Market nations even while arguing De Gaulle's unpopular...
...very well be as "clean" as the committee says it is, but that, as yet, has hardly been proven. The watchdog committee to be appointed by the HCUA will be in a position to clear up the confusion of the HSA controversy. But to do so it must conduct an extensive investigation of HSA books and practices--and present an equally extensive report. The student body deserves a full accounting, and the HSA deserves a full and fair hearing...
White House Watchdog. Under the Kennedy plan, Congress would authorize the creation of a privately owned company-called the Communications Satellite Corp.-which would be financed through public sale of securities. Its activities would be overseen by a committee of Government watchdogs reporting directly to the President...
...order to "establish more efficient channels for student complaint," the committee recommended that the HCUA establish a permanent watchdog group to act as a representative of the student body and "to make a detailed analysis of the financial statements of each agency." The HSA agreed to work with such a group...
...morning he appeared in the dining room of the Hotel Janpath at 8-"If my staff people have any problems, they can find me there." Three-quarters of an hour later, he was in his office to begin a day's work that combined the functions of guru, watchdog, troubleshooter, father confessor and cheerleader. Visser 't Hooft is especially pleased with the smooth sailing of the Russian Orthodox into the World Council; increasing the Orthodox representation was his longstanding concern...