Word: controllable
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Harvard entered one boat in both the A and B divisions. Although skippers John Dickson and Paul Sabin struggled with the B-boat throughout the two-day regatta, Bowers and his A-boat were clearly in control...
...denies equality to its Black majority. Israel's Jewish majority (83%) extends full legal equality to its Arab minority (17%). The Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza are not Israeli citizens. Israel, as legal military authority since 1967 is forbidden from changing their status. Yet under Israel's control, the Palestinians enjoy greater social, economic and educational standing than in any part of the Arab world; though unfortunately, Israeli attempts to improve housing conditions in the territories have been blocked by the PLO, which values the refugee camps as a symbol of its cause...
Buoyed by voters' overwhelming rejection of the referendum--which would have dramatically altered the city's rent control system--opponents of 1-2-3 scored a political coup. In last week's elections, pro-tenant councillors secured six of the nine seats on City Council--the highest majority since...
...Meyer contended that 1-2-3 was designed to increase homeownership, not eliminate rent control. He said people turned out to defeat the referendum primarily because of the way opponents framed the debate...
...Walsh said yesterday he is not really surprised that the pro-tenant forces were able to wrest control away the Independents...