Following a spate of scandals (for instance, the president of the United Way spent $600,000 of his organisation's money on a 17-year-old mistress), the government has faced pressure to supervise the sector more closely especially as it delegates more of its own tasks to it.
In 1977, for instance, a spate of UFO sightings in west Wales led to local MP Nicholas Edwards becoming "inundated" with reports and asking the MoD to investigate.
The recent spate of superinjunctions is another example.
For instance, there's been a spate of news recently about how starfish on the west coast are disappearing.
Oil refineries, for instance, also have experienced a spate of fires in recent years, underscoring how little-noticed, seemingly minor incidents provide telltale clues about big hazards.
Despite a spate of bad press around the Orlando shooting, for instance, a July AP poll found that equal proportions of the electorate 37percentt each viewed the NRA favorably and unfavorably.
MasterCard, for instance, has tolerated and, arguably, benefited from the spate of profane or off-color parodies of the "Priceless" campaign.
The case against Dogan comes amid a spate of stabbings.
Consider, for instance, the latest high-profile paper about butter, predictably precipitating the latest spate of headlines insinuating either whatever editors think will capture eyeballs (so-called "click bait"), or the preconceived preference of the writer.
