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How do you structure your relationships from your office to your 32 superintendencies?

From Time Magazine Archive

The bare repairs and superintendencies of all which call for the remaining part of his income.

From ?sop's Fables, Embellished with One Hundred and Eleven Emblematical Devices. by ?sop

In 1888, however, the state superintendency was abolished, and county superintendencies were created instead, the legislature thus returning, in a measure, to the old system of local control.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various

He rose rapidly in the ranks, filling several superintendencies in the old parent property before he went to Watertown, in the late summer of 1902.

From The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailRoad by Hungerford, Edward

At the same time that the Tsung-li Yamên was created, two important offices were established in the provinces for dealing with foreign commercial questions, viz. the superintendencies of trade for the northern and southern ports.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various