Word: overseen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Bankers are worried that the hearings will lead to more red tape in a business that they feel already has too much of it. The nation's nearly 14,700 commercial banks and their 250,000 employees are overseen by state or federal agencies-the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation-which over the years have issued hundreds of regulations. Complained an official of the Federal Reserve: "We've got so many goddam rules now, there aren't enough hours in the day to keep them alphabetized, much less...
...Mafia is overseen nationally ?but loosely?by the Commission, a dozen or so dons who usually, but not always, defer to the dominant boss in New York because he controls the most men and rackets. He may not get his hand kissed as often as Marlon Brando and Al Pacino did in the Godfather films, but he is first among equals. Since Gambino's death, two New York dons have been competing for his crown as capo di tutti capi. They...
Judge Smith found that Nixon was personally liable for damages because he had initiated and overseen the wiretap program without setting specific limits on it. Mitchell, the judge said, was in error because he had failed to review periodically the need for the taps. Haldeman was liable because he too did not put a stop to the monitoring, and in addition used bugs for political spying (after leaving the NSC. Halperin served for a time as an adviser to Presidential Aspirant Edmund Muskie). The judge, however, dismissed charges against three other officials named in the suit, including Secretary of State...
Diehl has never overseen a game he did not complete in over 20 years reffing. "You'd better not quit during a game," Hannon says, as backup officials are only provided for tournaments. Diehl obviously takes the injunction seriously. He once broke his ankle after stepping on a loose ball but went the route anyway...
...Congress should establish a joint committee to supervise the CIA'S operations in place of the four subcommittees that have loosely and inadequately overseen the agency since...