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purview #1 (permalink) Thu Oct 27, 2011 14:23 pm   purview
 

Hi,
In the excerpt below, which would be the best one-word substitute for "purview" - 'supervision', else..?
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“I have experienced parents and coaches attitudes, demeanors and actions crush young players. The result is not victory.”
"In decades past, youth sports took place in sandlots, out of the purview of adults..."
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purview #2 (permalink) Thu Oct 27, 2011 14:35 pm   purview
 

influence or concern, perhaps.
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