# He created the Department of Labor ; introduced regulation of the labor practices in the textile industry ; and oversaw the creation of the Casa del Obrero Mundial (" House of the World Worker "), an organization with anarcho-syndicalist connections, that would play a major role in the subsequent Mexican labor movement.

St-Laurent and his cabinet oversaw Canada's expanding international role in the postwar world.

Edwards played a critical role in shaping the First Great Awakening, and oversaw some of the first revivals in 1733 – 35 at his church in Northampton, Massachusetts.

In antiquity, publicans ( Greek τελώνης telōnēs ; Latin publicanus ( singular ); publicani ( plural )) were public contractors, in which role they often supplied the Roman legions and military, managed the collection of port duties, and oversaw public building projects.

In the south-west, where the Crown oversaw the lead mining industry, castles such as Restormel played an important role running the local stannery courts.

He oversaw Labour's relationship with the media and believed in the importance of the agenda-setting role of the press.

A third president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, himself a native of nearby Hyde Park, New York, would play a role in the town's history during the later years of the Great Depression when he oversaw the design process for the new post office.

During his tenure in the former role, he oversaw New Zealand's election to the UN Security Council, increased activity in the Commonwealth of Nations, and attempts to broker a truce on the island of Bougainville.

He had a key role in introducing Executive Order 12958 which led to an unprecedented effort to declassify millions of pages from the U. S. diplomatic and national security history and also oversaw Clinton's pardons in the last days of his administration.

He also oversaw the Democrat senators ' use of their potential balance of power role to influence increased funding for Medicare, protection of the welfare payments of sole parents, the unemployed and the disabled, and entitlement of some homosexual couples to superannuation entitlements equivalent to those enjoyed by heterosexual couples.

In this role, he oversaw the introduction of comprehensive education in his district.

Shigeru Miyamoto, the producer of Pilotwings for the SNES, reprised his role for Pilotwings 64 and oversaw the project from Japan.

Alexander oversaw the Scottish Executive ’ s response to the recommendations of the McIntosh Commission into the future of local government in Scotland, introducing a package of measures for local government including giving local authorities the lead role in developing Community Planning, creating a formal Power of Community Initiative ( later known as a power of well being ) and establishing the Renewing Local Democracy ( Kerley ) Working Party on electoral systems.

Frost's government oversaw great expansion in the role of government.

In this role, Anthony oversaw government legislation on the Prime Minister ’ s behalf to manage the Government ’ s agenda.

In addition, the reforms meant that the Governor no longer oversaw proceedings, with the role being filled by a Speaker who had been elected by the members.

" He oversaw emergency response efforts to the partial meltdown at the nuclear power plant and also had a major role in coordinating funding for cleanup efforts. Governor Thornburgh ( center ) with Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger ( right ) and Delaware Lt.

Head oversaw the design and construction of Williams cars until May 2004 when his role was handed over to Sam Michael.

More success followed in the 1980s and Head began to move away from designing the cars himself, effectively creating a role of Technical Director, a person who oversaw the processes of design, construction, racing and testing, bringing together all the different disciplines.

In this role, he oversaw the development of tactics for naval aircraft, the introduction of the aircraft carrier, and relations with the civilian aircraft industry.

Hillman played a role in nearly every major initiative of the CIO in those years, He oversaw, and provided major financial support for, the Textile Workers Organizing Committee, which sought to establish a new union for textile workers after the disastrous defeat of the United Textile Workers ' strike in 1934.

Moseley oversaw the state's role in the Mexican-American War.

In 1979 she became Chief Executive of Euston Films and Quatermass was one of the first productions she oversaw in the role, seeing it as a project to make her mark on the company.

In Plato's judgment, the arts play a meaningful role in society only in the education of the young, prior to the full development of their intellectual powers.

I am not aware of great attention by any of these authors or by the psychotherapeutic profession to the role of literary study in the development of conscience -- most of their attention is to a pre-literate period of life, or, for the theologians of course, to the influence of religion.

There is some evidence that naturally occurring goitrogens may play a role in the development of goitre, particularly in Tasmania and Australia ( Clements and Wishart, 1956 ).

Now a quiet-spoken, middle-aged man, Fiedler is an aeronautical engineer for Lockheed's Missiles and Space Division at Sunnyvale, where he played a key role in the development of the Navy's Polaris missile.

The formal study of architecture in academic institutions played a pivotal role in the development of the profession as a whole, serving as a focal point for advances in architectural technology and theory.

Little is known about Ammonius's role in the development of Neoplatonism.

A comparison of the development of Alberta's less oil and gas-endowed neighbours, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, reveals the role petroleum has played.

Although there were low levels of preexisting antibiotic-resistant bacteria before the widespread use of antibiotics, evolutionary pressure from their use has played a role in the development of muiltidrug resistance varieties and the spread of resistance between bacterial species.

It has played a supporting role throughout its history, and shares much of the credit for its survival and development.

After moving to Sarov in 1950, Sakharov played a key role in the development of the first megaton-range Soviet hydrogen bomb using a design known as " Sakharov's Third Idea " in Russia and the Teller-Ulam design in the United States.

These conditions played an important role in the development of the structure theory of commutative rings in the works of David Hilbert, Emmy Noether, and Emil Artin.

The U. S. Agency for International Development ( USAID ) and Support for Eastern European Democracies ( SEED ) has played a large role in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina, including programs in economic development and reform, democratic reform ( media, elections ), infrastructure development, and training programs for Bosnian professionals, among others.

Fruit flies ( Drosophila ) have been extensively studied to gain insight into the role of genes in brain development.

* Fruit flies ( Drosophila ), because of the large array of techniques available for studying their genetics, have been a natural subject for studying the role of genes in brain development.

Several components that eventually played a key role in the development of the automobile were invented for the bicycle, including ball bearings, pneumatic tires, chain-driven sprockets, and tension-spoked wheels.

Evidence suggests that environmental factors play a significant role in the development and course of bipolar disorder, and that individual psychosocial variables may interact with genetic dispositions.

According to the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ), risk factors for BV include douching and having new or multiple sex partners, although it is unclear what role sexual activity plays in the development of BV.

A prime example of bistability in biological systems is that of Sonic hedgehog ( Shh ), a secreted signaling molecule, which plays a critical role in development.

Life science, information technology and shipping are important sectors, and research & development plays a major role in the city's economy.

Despite this comparison, a fragment of a non-Christian parchment Codex of Demosthenes, De Falsa Legatione from Oxyrhynchus in Egypt demonstrates that the surviving evidence is insufficient to conclude whether Christians played a major, if not central, role in the development of early codices, or if they simply adopted the format to distinguish themselves from Jews.

Although Latin Jazz is most popularly associated with artists from the Caribbean ( particularly Cuba ) and Brazil, young Mexican Americans have played a role in its development over the years, going back to the 1930s and early 1940s, the era of the zoot suit, when young Mexican American musicians in Los Angeles and San Jose began to experiment with banda, a Jazz-like Mexican music that has grown recently in popularity among Mexican Americans such as Jenni Rivera.

It is also named after Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, who played a crucial role in the development of the theory of formal languages.

A brilliant general, he is considered to be a founding figure of the Middle Ages, often credited with a seminal role in the development of feudalism and knighthood, and laying the groundwork for the Carolingian Empire.

The story ends on a cliffhanger with several questions left unanswered regarding the merging of the Honored Matres and Bene Gesserit, the fates of those on the escaped no-ship ( including the role of Scytale, the development of Idaho and Teg, and the role of the Jews ), the identity of the god-like characters in the book's final chapter and the ultimate mystery of what chased the Honored Matres back into the Old Empire.