Word: watchdogs
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...phones are unnecessary because kids so young are rarely left unsupervised by responsible adults. Others complain that the marketing campaigns play on parents' fears and that the phones are an intrusion on childhoods already oversaturated with technology. Think of them, says Gary Ruskin, executive director of the consumer watchdog group Commercial Alert, as "entry points to parents' wallets." --With reporting by Deirdre van Dyk/ New York
...Harvard School of Dental Medicine announced on Wednesday that it will launch an investigation into the work of one its faculty members , after an environmental watchdog group accused the professor of ignoring research conducted by one of his own students that linked fluoride to bone cancer in boys...
...mislabeled A.I.A. as "a rightwing watchdog" and Reed Irvine as a "militant conservative." Both A.I.A. and I are strong defenders of freedom. Your labels mislead rather than accurately describe our position. Reed Irvine, Chairman Accuracy in Academia Washington...
...tolerate errors, calls the plane "the most forgiving thing that flies." Experts are concerned, though, that some carriers may be flying their aircraft too long. "The problem of an aging fleet is a constant one," says John Galipault, president of the Aviation Safety Institute, an Ohio-based consumer watchdog group. "Planes are like people--you have to know when to retire them...
Republican Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania is planning to introduce a bill in Congress that would compel hospitals to arrange suitable follow-up care for discharged patients and make local Medicare watchdog agencies responsible for supervising such arrangements. A report to be released later this month by Harvard's Center for Health Policy and Management proposes a more radical solution: revising the Medicare system so it pays for extended nursing-home stays, home care and other outpatient care. Such reform, which could cost $50 billion a year, seems unlikely to win congressional favor in an era of cost cutting...