Word: oversight
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Still another group, made up of visitors who had twisted themselves into contortionists and gazed at the picture from a horizontal position, deplored the oversight of the directors, who had failed to try the sideways possibilities. These men called themselves "Sidewaysians" and their spokesman said, "I think it should be hung sideways. It looks just like a bulkhead door opening...
...duties and responsibilities of the Financial Vice-President. He says: "The Financial Vice-President, whose office is in 5 University Hall, is responsible for the administration of the budgets of the University and its departments, for matters involving the disbursements and allocation of funds and other property, for general oversight of the business organization, and for the many questions not susceptible to classification where elements of financial policy exist...
...Commons could scarcely scrape a quorum. Quickly the Prime Minister assured the committee that he owned no C. P. R. securities, that there was nothing sinister in his actions. Authority for the guarantee was contained in emergency legislation. The delay in issuing a formal order was only an oversight. Most of Canada quietly took him at his word. Nevertheless, revelation of the Government's new interest in C. P. R. seemed to bring one step nearer that inevitable day when Canadian Pacific and Canadian National will be merged into a single transport system spanning two oceans and a continent...
...office which has just been inaugurated, President Conant will turn over the "general oversight of all administrative matters of a financial nature." It is expected that this removal of duties from the President's office will leave him free to spend his time solely with the academic reorganization of the University...
...Michael Scott, fifth son of the third Earl of Eldon, uncle of the present Earl. He had long ago won the Australian Open twice and the Australian Amateur four times, but never an important tournament in England. His scrupulously courteous self-confidence indicated that he considered this a curious oversight which deserved to be corrected...