Oversaw

In 1989, Mr. Chernomyrdin oversaw the conversion of the ministry into Gazprom, of which he unsurprisingly was elected chairman. ❋ Will Englund (2010)

Matt Flavin oversaw a 450-person intelligence unit in Bosnia, deployed overseas with the Navy SEALs and survived combat in Afghanistan and Iraq. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Catlin oversaw testing for anabolic agents at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and ran the country's first anti-doping lab at UCLA for 25 years. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The co-host of a recent top-dollar fundraiser for Sen. John McCain oversaw the payment of roughly $1.7 million to a Colombian paramilitary group that is today designated a terrorist organization by the United States. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In that portfolio, Mr. Klein oversaw the development of the Alberta Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act, acknowledged as one of the most progressive environmental laws in Canada. ❋ Unknown (2002)

When production designer David Brisbin oversaw the “rebuild” of Charlie Swan’s house, he studied the original location obsessively and created exactly what he had seen — with one key addition. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Mr. Khatami neither "oversaw" torture and murder nor did he condone it. ❋ Unknown (2008)

These meetings, over the years, they are the ones who kind of oversaw the maintenance of the levees. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Are these the same tribunals that 'oversaw' the re-alocation or Paedophiles, created gagging orders and insitgated a veil of secracy in the first place? ❋ Unknown (2010)

The same politicians who were wedded to the committees which "oversaw" these institutions - insisting everything was going okay - opposed the measure, and today, ironically, continue to head and chair these committees in utter disgrace. ❋ Unknown (2008)

From then through the war, the War Manpower Commission oversaw the involuntary induction of an average of two hundred thousand men per month. ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

Colonel William Pile, who oversaw the camp in Vicksburg, Mississippi, testified that one great defect in the management of the Negroes down there was, as I judged, the ignoring of the family relationship. . . ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

Staughton Lynd, a white radical who was then a professor at Spelman College, oversaw the freedom schools and developed their curriculum. ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

They oversaw our far-flung team of researchers, as well as an endless series of project meetings and conference calls. ❋ Robert D. Putnam (2010)

The four-star general also oversaw the development of the counterinsurgency manual for U.S. armed forces, which is the root of the Afghan war strategy. ❋ Unknown (2011)

His light touch in City Hall—he oversaw education, a department then run by the more aggressive Mr. Klein—attracted some criticism. ❋ Barbara Martinez (2011)