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Word: controled (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...have a sand-starved sea be cause of natural forces and man-made dams on the Rio Grande. Eventually, nature will have its way." Unless, perhaps, some way can be found to control the appetite of the beautiful, pounding waves that made Padre in the first place and now attract sun-loving buyers from thou sands of miles away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Texas: Building Castles on the Sand | 4/16/1979 | See Source »

Pennsylvania's Senator Richard Schweiker, the subcommittee's ranking Republican, joined the sharp questioning of Hendrie and at one point, disturbed by an account of confused procedures at the site, demanded, "Who's in control of a situation like this?" Concluded Kennedy: "Certainly this kind of process and this kind of procedure in terms of protection of the American people are completely unacceptable and completely inadequate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Now Comes The Fallout | 4/16/1979 | See Source »

...aspect of our President's position. Many of us arrived here believing that one does what is right even if the results of doing so are unclear. No one would contend that Harvard alone can end apartheid or force corporate withdrawal from South Africa--the University simply does not control a large enough share of the stock of any single corporation--neither do all but a handful of powerful shareholders. But it is not Harvard's moral obligation to end apartheid; it is Harvard's moral obligation to terminate its support of a system it believes is wrong...

Author: By Celia W. Dugger, | Title: A Matter of Conscience | 4/14/1979 | See Source »

...elections will pick the first black-majority Parliament in Rhodesian history. Whites, however, will retain significant constitutional and military control in the government, observers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rhodesians Attack Zambia; Nkomo Kidnapping Raid Fails | 4/14/1979 | See Source »

...Kampala radio broadcast urged Ugandans to find Amin. "He deserves the gallows," the victorious exiles in control of the radio station said yesterday. They also demanded that his officers surrender within two hours, "or be dealt with accordingly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Idi Amin's Troops Flee While Civilians Loot City | 4/13/1979 | See Source »

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