Word: watchdogging
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...last count, the U.S. Air Force's North American Air Defense Command, the watchdog of all objects in orbit, listed 4,552 pieces of hardware-ranging in size from a Soviet space station to such bits of space junk as an astronaut's glove, stray cameras, and even nuts and bolts. In the coming years NORAD's job will become still harder. By the mid-1980s, the number of orbital objects may double, making it more difficult to tell what is up, and whether it belongs to friend...
There is a variety of interagency committees in the Executive Branch, backed up by special laws and watchdog Congressmen, to make sure that foreign aid requests are vetted with an eye to whether the recipient country tortures political prisoners or is embarked on its own Manhattan Project...
...could use credit for the rest. Today, under a Federal Reserve rule, customers have to put up at least 50% of their own funds. The Fed can also slow bank credit to stop speculation from feeding a boom, a step it took last week. In addition, there was no watchdog Securities and Exchange Commission in 1929 (it was set up in 1934). Today the SEC closely polices financial markets to stop inside dealing and fraudulent company reports, which were rampant in the '20s. While a stock market fall is always possible, it is less likely now to ripple through...
...respond to Laurence Grafstein's review of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Apparently, Mr. Grafstein has done little or no research into this musical; this is evident from several of his groundless criticisms. The most glaring example is his description of the investigative reporter, Melvin P. Thorpe of Watchdog News. It is a "contrived role," a "suitable Dan Rather imitation...
...possibly one of the most contrived roles ever, Hogan's Heroes regular Larry Hovis does a suitable Dan Rather imitation as gospel-spitting Melvin P. Thorpe of Watchdog News. Melvin is "the eyes and ears of Texas." He has unearthed candy-bar scandals and sets out to prove that, yes, the Chicken Ranch of Gilbert is indeed a house of ill-repute. Melvin, a particularly cloying character who sports red, white and blue underwear, would be innocuous if not for his southern-Bible-Belt style of self-righteous reportage. The perpetuation of yet another overworked stereotype eclipses the attempted parody...