Word: overseen
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...mail also addresses the social difficulties of some students overseen by the proctor, especially those hailing from foreign cultures...
...enough, the latest and perhaps most chilling sign that Iraq is descending further into butchery - and quite possibly civil war. But almost as disturbing is the growing evidence that the massacres and others like it are being tolerated and even abetted by Iraq's Shi'ite-dominated police forces, overseen by Iraq's Interior Minister, Bayan Jabr. On his watch, sectarian militias have swelled the ranks of the police units and, Sunnis charge, used their positions to carry out revenge killings against Sunnis. While allowing an Iranian-trained militia to take over the ministry, critics say, Jabr has authorized...
...thing that seems sure to improve is levee maintenance. For decades, the levee system was overseen by a multitude of local boards that were packed with political appointees, few of them experts in flood control. By the time Katrina arrived, the boards had a reputation for being more effective at handing out sweetheart contracts than at maintaining levees. Last month a special session of the state legislature succeeded in consolidating the boards into two bodies (one for each bank of the Mississippi) consisting of engineers and other specialists. The consolidation, which must still be approved by voters in September...
...outgoing chair. “We didn’t think it was necessary to release the vote count because there was enough oversight.” To ensure an accurate count, tutor Bill Anderson read aloud each vote, while three seniors on the HoCo, each overseen by a representative of one of the candidates, tallied the results. All three seniors came up with the same tallies, and Bardin sent out an e-mail late Saturday night announcing the results. “It was a long process, longer than we would have hoped,” said Bardin...
...Committee on Education Abroad recommends that all Harvard College students pursue a significant international experience during their time in the College. Working with our Office for International Programs it has overseen a broad expansion of our programs abroad and has proposed standards for the forms of international study, research, internship and public service opportunities that would meet this expectation . The Committee on Pedagogical Improvement tells us how we can evaluate better teaching and learning across the College and how, as an undergraduate college at the center of a research university, we might further the development of communities of learning...