# 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.

In this role he oversaw the development of coastal fortifications, worked to improve the preparedness of local militia, and oversaw the nation's military activity in the Northwest Indian War.

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.

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.

The People's Bank of China evolved its role as a central bank starting in about 1979 with the introduction of market reforms, which accelerated in 1989 when the country adopted a generally capitalist approach to its export economy.

This use of unu plays the role of " there was " in the introduction of fairy tales ( There was an old woman who ...) and in introducing new participants ( A man came up to me and said ...).

The cycle continued the trend towards reducing the role played by Arthur in his own legend, partly through the introduction of the character of Galahad and an expansion of the role of Merlin.

The introduction of universal suffrage for men and women favored the Rechtspartei ( party of the Right ), which played the dominant role in the government throughout the 20th century, with the exception of 1925 – 26 and 1974 – 79, when the two other important parties, the Liberal and the Social-Democratic parties, formed a coalition.

The 500 series was completely discontinued upon the introduction of its replacement the PPC-based PowerBook 5300, with the low-end ( but upgradable ) PowerBook 190 replacing the 500's role as the only 68LC040 PowerBook Apple offered.

This article is an introduction to how game theory and computer modeling are illuminating certain aspects of moral and political philosophy, particularly the role of individuals in groups, the " biology of selfishness and altruism ", and how cooperation can be evolutionarily advantageous.

* In the Marvel Comics comic book series The X-Men, the Hellfire Club is a criminal organization that has played a prominent role in various story lines since its introduction during the Dark Phoenix Saga.

In his years as papal advisor, Hildebrand had an important role in the reconciliation with the Norman kingdom of southern Italy, in the anti-German alliance with the Pataria movement in northern Italy and, above all, in the introduction of a law which gave the cardinals exclusive rights concerning the election of a new pope.

More immediately, the promotion of gymnastics as a scientifically sound form of physical discipline coincided with the introduction of conscription, which gave the state a strong interest in educating children physically as well as mentally for the role of citizen soldiers.

* The introduction of additional tax reforms that lowered the tax burden on low-income households, and which played an important role “ in pre-empting a real decline in the income and purchasing power of workers ”.

He is regarded as having made a greater impact on British public life than any other 20th-century leader, thanks to his leadership of the war drive, his postwar role in reshaping Europe, and his introduction of Britain's social welfare system before the war.

Its role in the introduction of monetary economy was explored by science historian James Burke in the second episode of his 1978 BBC television series Connections.

Other systems have made inroads in the AIDC market, but the simplicity, universality and low cost of barcodes has limited the role of these other systems until the 2000s ( decade ), over 40 years after the introduction of the commercial barcode, with the introduction of technologies such as radio frequency identification, or RFID.

In his introduction, Paxman acknowledged that the Irish writer Neil Hegarty had played a significant role in editing the book and bringing it to completion.

Terrassa was a pioneer in the introduction of field hockey and korfball in Catalonia and played an important role in the introduction of basketball.

Until the late 15th century introduction of the contratenor bassus, the tenor was usually the lowest voice, assuming the role of providing a harmonic foundation.

It ruled that the introduction of evidence about Noriega's role in the CIA would " confuse the jury ".

The inscriptions in the Archilocheion imply that the poet had a controversial role in the introduction of the cult of Dionysus to Paros.

" With the introduction of a new actress in the role came a shift in personality as Morgan became a more sarcastic character who delights in making fun of her brothers.

It played a seminal role in the introduction of African-American culture to world audiences.

The Israelis successfully used a number of 175 mm M107 guns in the counter-battery role against its Soviet counterpart, the 130 mm towed field gun M1954 ( M-46 ), but the introduction of long range rockets fired from Lebanon outranged them.

The episode " The Creek " saw the introduction of the first new police character " Officer Randy Goode " ( 1988 – 1993 ) played by Randall Franks cast following the show's move to Georgia introducing the second prominent Georgia performer to claim a regular role on the series.