Word: control
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Harvard took control of the ball deep in Providence territory. The crowd squirmed and sweated as the Crimson passed the ball from one offensive player to the next just a few yards from the net without attempting a shot. Finally, senior forward Will Hench took a pass from sophomore Mike Peller with his back to the goal. Hench then whirled and unleashed a screaming shot to the upper left corner of the net, just past the outstretched arms of the diving Cardenas...
...Cambridge is still feeling the aftershocks of the decision to lift rent control, creating essentially a hemorrhaging of lower-income, usually minority, residents leaving the city in search of affordable rents...
...Panama for a presidential inauguration when the U.S. marshals marched into FBI headquarters, and instantaneous leaks of the foray were regarded as her camp's first big p.r. move against Freeh since the debacle erupted two weeks ago. He had started his own damage control early, making public the memos that confirmed the use of hot grenades, naming 40 agents to gather the facts and proposing that a reputable outsider head the new investigation. The extremely deliberate Reno would accede to all that later but seemed to be plodding two steps behind the nimbler FBI director. It wasn...
...casting ballots in favor of independence on Monday, the East Timorese could at last envision an end to the torturous era in which, since 1975, they have been an unwilling part of Indonesia. But as they waited for the votes to be counted, pro-Jakarta militias violently assumed control of much of the western part of the territory. At least four local United Nations employees were murdered, and six more may have died. Scores of citizens were hurt or killed...
...additive, called thimerosal, in a single vaccine poses no threat, it's remotely possible that the accumulated mercury in multiple inoculations might cause neurological damage. "We took action before evidence of any harm," says Dr. Walter Orenstein, head of the national immunization program for the Centers for Disease Control. "But even with a theoretical risk, we wanted to work with manufacturers to get to thimerosal-free products as soon as possible...