Word: controller
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...That’s one of her greatest strengths. She’s just so competitive, and she’s able to keep things in perspective and just focus on the moment as opposed to getting caught up in the bigger picture and allowing something beyond her control to take her off her game...
...Crimson witnessed mixed results. Competing in assorted non-conference matchups and three invitationals, Harvard entered the Ivy season with a 7-7 record and a six-game win streak. It could not handle then-No. 22 Long Beach State, losing three games in a row at home, but took control several weeks later to win the Dartmouth Invitational...
...veterans, their farewell season still saw a great deal of resilience and, ultimately, a berth in the NIT.There was one other important development for Harvard over the course of the year: the emergence of its two newest stars.“[Sophomore] Emma Markley came right in and took control,” said senior Katie Rollins, Markley’s partner in the paint and a stalwart down low in her four years on the team. “Emma is really athletic—she’s strong, aggressive, and just has a basketball player?...
...pregnant sister, for example, had been killed by a drunk driver before Lafave began hitting on a student; Hernandez is estranged from her husband. Such problems certainly aren't excuses for pedophilia, but they can compel women like Lafave to seek out emotional comfort - or a feeling of control that they might not experience in relationships with adult men. (Read about the notorious Mary K. Letourneau teacher-student affair...
...Prime Minister rules over this reality-show republic by virtue of his political persistence and surprising popularity (this is his third term), with his control of the airwaves (he owns the three main private TV channels) and, perhaps most intriguingly, with his ability to transform his personal whims into a disturbingly entertaining public discourse in a democracy of 58 million people. But his critics - and they do manage to get airtime in Berlusconistan - believe that the 72-year-old master manipulator may have triggered a news cycle that could actually lead to his political demise. (See Berlusconi's worst gaffes...