Word: oversaw
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...Whitney, who personally oversaw operations at the New York Trib, turned his interests away from publishing in the wake of its demise. His latest purchase invites speculation that the mourning period is over...
...radio instructions while most troops were still asleep, promptly ordered all personnel to muster for an alert. Base commanders dismissed Vietnamese civilian employees for the day and sealed off installations to ail outsiders. "We needed a period of limited combat activity," said Colonel Melvin E. Richmond, the man who oversaw the mission. "Operational requirements dictated the timing...
Postmaster General Marvin Watson, the unsmiling majordomo of the White House staff, oversaw credentials, schedules and arrangements, but moved through the amphitheatre's corridors all but unheeded. Convention Manager John Criswell was rarely in evidence...
...Technology, Charpie joined Union Carbide at 25 when he went to work at the Government's Carbide-run Oak Ridge nuclear laboratories in 1950. Rising through Carbide's technological ranks, Charpie was tapped to head its electronics division when it was formed two years ago, there oversaw development of new laser systems, fuel cells and other items...
Moyers flourished in the deputy director's job. "We were able to take an idealistic dream and develop it into an effective program," he recalls. "Few things in life can be as satisfying as that." He handled day-to-day administration, oversaw personnel programs, supervised overseas logistics. He dined occasionally at the White House, was even asked to Bobby Kennedy's Hickory Hill, a rare honor for a Johnson man. A less pleasant task fell to him when he took over Peace Corps recruiting. He found the operation a mess, immediately fired 17 people...