supervisor
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Gail Ann Myers was born July 23, 1945, in St. Louis, and, after earning a marketing degree from Southern Illinois University, worked as a customer-service supervisor at Ralston Purina in her hometown.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The clearest exception was from academia, where a scientist had sued her supervisor alleging that he “deleted her name and presented a paper as his own in a class he taught.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Cerón suggested the dishes be tossed out, according to the complaint, but a supervisor told her they were needed for an upcoming flight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
"In summer, we are desperately short of staff," explained shift supervisor Giorgos Stamoulakatos.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
William Smith was a young supervisor of construction on the Somerset Coal Canal.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
The department also didn’t appear to have a policy addressing personal or romantic relationships between supervisors and subordinates, it found.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
"A lot of people are going to get replaced, not just actors: crew members, visual effects supervisors," the 65-year-old, who picked up a lifetime achievement award in Venice on Wednesday, told the audience.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
That was also the reason given by public-safety-tech company Axon Enterprise when earlier this year it cut hundreds of manager roles and reassigned small-team supervisors to individual-contributor roles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Los Angeles County supervisors earlier this year wanted to explore the potential economic impact of David Ellison’s proposed union of two historic Hollywood studios.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
If they couldn’t control things either, the Code Green would be called and supervisors were to send all available officers to the trouble spot.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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