Word: controllable
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...quick learner, Campbell wrestled a tougher match the next time the two went to the mat. The control situations rocked back and forth before the Crimson grappler almost pinned the veteran. After that the more experienced Barone relied on a conservative series of moves to score the takedowns that enabled him to post a 7-6 win over second-place Campbell...
...refs did their best to control the war games, sending Harvard players to the foul line for 41 shots, but the Crimson converted on only 14 free throws...
Despite the outrages committed on Americans in Iran, Americans at home have largely managed to control their indignation. There have been only a few isolated attacks on Iranians. Two weeks ago, the Greenville Technical College in South Carolina voted to bar all 104 of its Iranian students from re-enrolling in the winter quarter. But after a warning from the state attorney general and other authorities, the college last week reinstated the students. Iranians will doubtless find a more permissive attitude in the U.S. when-and if-the American hostages are released unharmed from the embassy in Tehran...
...seized the Sacred Mosque of Mecca, taking an unknown number of hostages. At week's end, the situation at the Sacred Mosque was unclear. Government officials in Riyadh said that Saudi armed forces, including the crack National Guard commanded by Prince Abdullah ibn Abdul Aziz, were in "complete control" of the mosque. Other sources, however, suggested that some of the invaders were holding...
Packages move; Gelco bought a courier service that in fiscal 1979 did $65 million in business and, helped by mass marketing and computerized control, may top $95 million next year. People move; Grossman is building a service by which corporate travel will be handled by a central reservation and billing service. He also watches over that wondrous American institution: the expense account. Companies can require that salesmen and others on the expense account submit their claims to Gelco's computers, which check them for any excesses...