Those who see themselves as the guardians of the NHS see any erosion of its national character as inimical to the idea of universal health provision; national oversight and accountability are bulwarks against those who are indifferent to the NHS's long term survival and are willing to contemplate systems where personal payments play a much larger role.
As part of the deal Pierre Lescure, Canal Plus' CEO, won oversight of Universal; Edgar Jr. gave up that task but held on to PolyGram.
Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude, who has oversight of Universal Credit as part of his civil service reform role, said it was a "very hard-hitting" and "useful" report which highlighted wider problems in Whitehall: "We are not that good at financial control... but also project management has been deficient for a long time".
While humane care and use of all research animals must remain central to any scientific investigation involving living creatures, less agreement exists world-wide as to universal rules, regulations, and oversight that should govern animal use in biomedical research.
For their part, industry executives highlighted their efforts at regulation and objected to the possibility of any sort of universal rating system and government oversight.
It said that oversight of the universal credit scheme had been "alarmingly weak", warning signs were missed, and there was a "fortress culture" among officials.
A 39-year-old Air Force veteran, Harris is running on a progressive platform calling for universal Medicare, more Wall Street oversight and abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
When the first reviews hit the web, mention of the lack of a Retina display was almost universal, though few cited it as a dealbreaking oversight.
He remains prexy of NBC U TV West Coast but has now assumed oversight of NBC Entertainment (run by Kevin Reilly), NBC Universal TV Studio (headed by Angela Bromstad) and the NBC Agency (topped by John Miller).
After the deal closes, Katzenberg will hand oversight of his company to Chris Meledandri, the head of Universal's animation division Illumination Entertainment.
