Word: watchdogging
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That ugly talk hardly squares either with Cook's own story that he insisted Vesco must be haled into court, or with Wall Streeters' impression of Cook as a bright, aggressive securities watchdog...
Sims, Jay and Edwin Williams, Capital reporter for the Greenville, Miss., Delta Democrat Times, supported the formation of a National Press Council to act as a watchdog for the news industry. Williams explained that the Council would near complaints of individuals against the national news media and would consider issues relating to the freedom of the press...
Though he chaired the most important wartime committee in Congress -the Truman committee acted as watchdog over defense-Harry tried to enlist in the Army. He went to see Army Chief of Staff George Marshall...
...Watchdog. As he whacks away at the bureaucracy, Nixon promises not to spare his own staff, which has grown larger than that of any previous President. Some members apparently were ready to move out quite willingly, including Dent, Speechwriter William Safire, Communications Director Herbert Klein and Special Counsel Robert Finch. Already gone is Nixon's former chief legislative aide, Clark MacGregor, who served as director of the Committee for the Re-Election of the President and will accept a presumably lucrative vice presidency with United Aircraft Corp. He will be the top contact man with Washington for the firm...
...shakeup: Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, president of the University of Notre Dame, revealed that he had been asked to resign as chairman of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission-and that he would do so. The commission, created by the Civil Rights Act of 1957, was meant to be an independent watchdog agency, scrutinizing progress in civil rights, including efforts of the Federal Government. Hesburgh, who served energetically on the commission since its formation, has been highly critical of Nixon's antibusing positions and the Administration's lethargy in enforcing civil rights laws...