Word: watchdogging
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...evidence, he produced an approving comment from Georgia's crusty, shrewd Carl Vinson, perennial watchdog of the armed services. Johnson quoted from a five-month-old Vinson speech: "There can be no doubt that Secretary Johnson deserves the commendation of the entire nation for having carried out so successfully the drive to squeeze fat out of public expenditures...
Clean Sweep. In London, thieves broke into the Avenue Hotel, made off with 4,800 cigarettes, 140 bottles of liquor, a radio set, the watchdog...
...watchdog of U.S. business trade and advertising practices, announced that the companies had agreed to stop "misrepresentations" in their advertising. Said FTC sternly: "Unjustified claims for anti-histaminics in reference to the common cold will stop immediately...
...Best Friend. In Howell, Mich., the burglars who broke into the American Legion Club set a two-gallon crock of pig hocks on the barroom floor, rifled the place while the watchdog feasted...
...committee asked the O.A.S. to create a "watchdog" commission to keep an eye on the Caribbean. It also warned the O.A.S. that "disturbed relations" would persist in the Caribbean unless the organization took definite action on the committee's recommendations...