Word: overseen
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Hussein Kamel, 47, who is also a relative of Saddam's, figured as a pillar of that edifice. Since the 1980s he has overseen procurement of the nightmarish weaponry that variously made his boss a hero in the eyes of some Arabs and an outlaw menace to most of the world. Meanwhile, Hussein Kamel's younger brother, Colonel Saddam Kamel al-Majid, headed the President's elite corps of personal bodyguards. The U.S., thirsting for what a Pentagon official called a potential "intelligence bonanza," pledged at once to defend Jordan against any reprisals and sent Arabic-speaking CIA specialists...
None of this would have been possible without Nelson Mandela. He is South Africa's George Washington, the revolutionary turned President who has overseen the birth of a nation. His popularity is phenomenal. Eighty-three percent of urban blacks say he is doing well, while 55% of whites agree. In November 1993, almost four years after his release from prison and five months before South Africa's first democratic elections, Mandela's approval rating among whites stood at a mere 4%. In fact, today Mandela is more vital to white hopes than black, for among whites he is the indispensable...
Since that time, Steen has overseen an extensive overhaul of Harvard's computing resources, both machine and human...
Schwartz, who grew up in Brooklyn and has a master's degree in biochemistry, wrote for such early TV comedies as The Red Skelton Show and Ozzie and Harriet before creating his two biggest hits. Since then he has overseen a cottage industry-producing cartoon shows and TV movies based on Gilligan and the Bradys. He also has produced the occasional TV pilot, like 1982's Scamps, starring Gilligan himself, Bob Denver, as an unemployed television writer...
...four members of the Election Commission, Samp has supervised Cambridge's notoriously complicated elections, overseen voter registration programs, administered Cambridge's ethics ordinance and rewritten local ballot questions, among other duties...