mastermind
verb (used with object)
to plan and direct (a usually complex project or activity), especially skillfully.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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"The people who are masterminding the assault on Yukos simply do not take such economic factors into account," says Alexei Kondaurov, a former top Yukos executive.
From Time Magazine Archive
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