Word: watchdogs
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...cafeteria of an apartment building, a man who identified himself as a representative of the city's District Attorney showed up, spoke briefly with the Democratic poll workers and left, saying there was "no situation here" and advising reporters to stay away from the uniformed man. Election watchdog group The Committee of 70 reported at mid-afternoon that they were seeing only a handful of problems in the area, including poll workers who were improperly demanding driver's licenses from all voters at a crowded precinct in Chinatown, and a precinct in Northeast Philadelphia where the voter logs inexplicably excluded...
...Darfur, where the U.N. has agreed to deploy 26,000 peacekeepers to end genocide. It is a mission that, if fully staffed, would supercede that in the D.R.C. as the biggest in the world. "The concept is focused on mass atrocity crimes," says Gareth Evans, who heads global-conflict watchdog the International Crisis Group and who launched a book, Responsibility to Protect, in Washington on Tuesday. "The whole point is to develop an international reflex response that goes, 'Of course we have to do something. Let's figure out what...
...often admitted he was uncomfortable about appearing so publicly mean, Blackwell also said he was compelled to poke fun at celebrity style because fashion designers were not doing their job: they failed to make women look beautiful. While his original intention was to act as a sort of fashion watchdog, Blackwell and his list became a dreaded Hollywood institution that paved the way for other red-carpet critics. The annual issuing of the list, on the second Tuesday in January, became its own kind of fashion moment...
...spot for 10 days beginning in late September to apologize for his Abramoff-funded golf vacation. That trip has earned him scrutiny in an ongoing U.S. Justice Department investigation; a featured spot for three years running on the list of most corrupt government officials compiled by the nonpartisan watchdog group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW); and plenty of ammunition for Kosmas...
...middle-class morning favorite “Today.” There she was, prancing in hot pants before families at the breakfast table or clustered around their televisions during prime time. A few hard-line Christian groups were unhappy, but there were no high-profile grumblings or media watchdog temper tantrums. Just acceptance...