Word: oversaw
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...built on terror, al-Majid, 62, has stood out as one of the most ruthless members of Saddam Hussein's inner circle. A cousin of Saddam's, he presided over the occupation of Kuwait before the first Gulf War, crushed the 1991 Shi'ite rebellion in the south and oversaw the execution of two Iraqi officers--who were also his nephews and Saddam's sons-in-law--after they defected to Jordan and returned to Iraq...
During his tenure, Lewis oversaw significant reorganization within his office and emphasized the need to improve undergraduate advising...
Paul S. Grogan, the author of Comeback Cities: A Blueprint for Urban Neighborhood Revival and Harvard’s former vice president for government, community and public affairs who oversaw the beginning of the report, praised the results yesterday...
...Under Suharto, the military oversaw the police. The two forces were split in 1999 and ever since have jockeyed for jurisdiction, influence and the extra income they earn through unofficial?and sometimes illegal?sidelines. (Military and police officers have been accused of involvement in unlicensed logging, prostitution and drug dealing.) "Many military personnel," says Peter van Tuijl, an adviser on police reform for the Partnership for Governance Reform in Indonesia, "cannot accept being told what to do by the police." Last week's attacks suggest they haven't faced off for the last time...
Former Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles, who oversaw the financial aid increases in the late 1990s, wrote in an e-mail that the campaign “allowed us to make these permanent improvements in student support...