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Word: watchdogs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Truce | 6/26/1950 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 3, 1950 | 4/3/1950 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Guilt & the Back Door | 3/27/1950 | See Source »

...Antonio, Mrs. Elma Dill Spencer's watchdog, missing while her house was being looted, showed up later and attacked the cop who came to investigate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jan. 16, 1950 | 1/16/1950 | See Source »

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