Word: oversaw
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Burton I. Wolfman, administrative dean of Radcliffe, who oversaw the gym's construction, could not be reached yesterday for comment...
After the war, Mountbatten literally made history: as the last British Viceroy and first Governor-General on the Indian subcontinent, he oversaw the birth of self-government in the Empire's biggest possession, thus breaking ground for the postcolonial era. In 1955 he vindicated his father's name when Churchill appointed him First Sea Lord. Finally, during a six-year stint as chief of the Defense Staff, he built Britain's unified defense system, which he regarded as one of his major triumphs...
From 1975 to 1978, Reardon oversaw Harvard's program in public policy. Before coming here, he was press secretary to former governor Francis Sargent
...book printed since the mid-19th century is on paper which is deteriorating at some rate," he sighs. "The libraries of this country face the enormous problem of preserving man's intellectual memory." Bryant is not used to dealing with problems on a small scale. He designed, engineered and oversaw the massive switch of the library's catalogues to the more widely accepted Library of Congress system. But his decision was not rushed or unthinking. "Intellectually," he insists, "the old Widener system has certain advantages over the Library of Congress system." But he adds. "It had become a luxury...
...degree to which libraries can coordinate their efforts is the field in which there is greatest hope," Bryant predicts. He goes on: "One of the most interesting aspects of my own work has been to increase the degree and quality of coordination among Harvard's 100 libraries." Bryant oversaw the establishment of the University Library Council, the senior forum for discussion of library policy and affairs. His efforts have been largely successful; the College system adds another library to its ranks each year. Martin says Bryant has succeeded in relating the library to the Faculty and campus research institutes...