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The report's investigators, part of the Monitoring Group on Somalia, were originally asked to track violations of the United Nations arms embargo on Somalia, but the mandate was expanded.

As a result, the widespread use of fraudulent banknotes was seriously curtailed, and the organization's mandate was expanded to include the policing of other federal crimes, including bootlegging, mail theft, and smuggling.

The Shaw at this dizzying festival includes "Man and Superman" and "Pygmalion," but the offerings are wide ranging, especially since the mandate was expanded a few years ago to include not just works by Shaw and his contemporaries, but works about the period in which Shaw lived (1856-1950).

The same year, its mandate was expanded to include disposing of 28 other "heretical religions" and "harmful qigong practices".

He said that he had initially not been willing to take on the mission unless the mandate was expanded to cover all sides.

And a set of possible solutions has been put forth by the President's Advisory Council on Financial Capability, which was established by President George W. Bush in response to the financial crisis and whose mandate was expanded by President Obama to include financial education and financial access.

The Signature's mandate is expanding with its elegant though unpretentious new accommodations: "Blood Knot" is the first play by a non-American the company has presented.

Theary Seng, who survived the Khmer Rouge as a young child but lost both her parents, says the tribunal's mandate should be expanded.

Mr. Anders said Mr. Durham's mandate could be expanded to look into whether the interrogations depicted on the tapes were illegal.

The organization's mandate should be expanded to monitor closely the production of the precursor chemicals used to make the deadliest weapons, especially nerve agents.

"Far from being a caretaker, I intend to be a very active secretary," Mr. Martinez said, suggesting that the department's mandate should be expanded to include taking a leading role in managing the explosive urban growth brought on by the recent stretch of national prosperity.