Word: watchdogging
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...virtually alone in calling for a fair shake for buyers; now the field is jammed with such advocates-some of whom regularly snipe at the magazine that started the trend in the first place. And with the g.o.p. controlling both houses of Congress, and a move from government-as-watchdog to a deregulated economy, CR's brand of activism may draw increasingly thunderous criticisms. If so, will the noise matter inside a 30-ft. by 30-ft. by 30-ft. echoless chamber...
Opponents of CPB also argue that is inefficient. Reed Irvine of the conservative watchdog group Accuracy in Media testified that CPB's news budget is almost four times as large...
Gardiner suggested that students might shift from legislative internships to jobs with political activist or watchdog groups...
...probe the propriety of the Clintons' financial affairs, announced the hiring of an ethics counsel to watch over the integrity of his own legal work. Complaints about Starr's past Republican partisanship and the objectivity of the judges who picked him prompted him to hire Samuel Dash as a watchdog. Dash is the former chief counsel to the Senate Watergate Committee and an exemplar of Democratic probity...
...customers is shrinking at the same time America's plastic habit is growing. Since 1984, outstanding charges rung up on bank cards have swollen from $53 billion to $239 billion. "At some banks, 50% to 60% of their equity is based on the credit-card business," says industry watchdog McKinley. Analysts say that although no more than 20% of all purchases are currently made with plastic, the possibilities for growth are enormous. Some card vendors have already moved into such traditional cash domains as movie theaters and supermarkets; others are exploring fast-food chains, government agencies and health-care establishments...