At the same time, such proactive global action puts the nuclear industry itself in a watchdog role.

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However, she will not officially take up the watchdog role until the Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill is passed by Parliament later this year.

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Many say that after Malaysia's almost decade-long economic boom, urban professionals who once lauded the DAP's watchdog role, now concentrate on the money game.

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The deputy chief of the country's Election Commission also dismissed Mr. Anwar's claims that it had had failed in its watchdog role to safeguard the ballot.

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What you see here is an erosion from the role of watchdog into lazy collegiality, which is how businesses like it.

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And how does the FTC undertake its role as a consumer watchdog?

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"The mayor can't cut out a third of this office's budget and still claim to be respecting its Charter-mandated role as a citywide watchdog, " said Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, a Democratic mayoral candidate.

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He plans to float ideas to give the upper house a greater role as a constitutional watchdog, more powers to scrutinise European legislation, and a greater ability to question secondary legislation, the detailed changes to the law that currently go through Parliament on the nod.

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Mr. CARTER KEITHLEY (President, Toy Industry Association): Clearly, there is an important role for government to play as a watchdog and an enforcer, but history has proven the success of our reliance upon private sector safety initiatives.

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