Word: watchdogging
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During the last search, students started an undergraduate watchdog group called the Committee on University Practices (COUP) to lobby for more student involvement and input on the search process...
...wrap. Others see the end of the world. "It's the same as putting a billboard in your front yard. The public realm is being visually polluted," says Jim Chappell, president of the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association. Gary Ruskin of Commercial Alert, a Washington watchdog group, wonders if auto ads can be outlawed as a traffic hazard. "The advertising industry is in our face at every turn, and many of us feel assaulted...
...Pentagon concedes its tests don't mirror reality. Pentagon test watchdog Coyle tells TIME that all attempted intercepts until 2004 will occur with the defenders fully briefed in advance on the "timing, direction and countermeasures" employed. And, Coyle adds, because of safety concerns, even in later tests "the soldiers may have a pretty good idea about the timing, direction and nature of the threat...
...Radcliffe interpreted the agreement differently. After all, Radcliffe still technically admitted and graduated women undergraduates. Radcliffe said it wanted to maintain a watchdog role, making sure Harvard treated its women fairly...
...special compliance office at the Commerce Department to keep track of whether China is honoring its pledges to open markets and reduce tariffs. In addition, the Clinton Administration publicly endorsed a proposal by Representatives Sander Levin, a Michigan Democrat, and Doug Bereuter, a Nebraska Republican, to create a special watchdog commission that would keep tabs on human rights abuses in China...