Word: controllers
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...committee would function until it adequately strengthened the department by appointing a sufficient number of senior Faculty, Benjamin said. At that point the senior Faculty members of the department would again resume sole control. Benjamin said it was still unclear how Rosovsky would determine when the department had reached that point...
...assumptions are necessary. First, at some point in the future, the black majority will gain control of the South African government and of the societal infranstructure. There is nothing really radical or debatable about such a belief. Black South Africans, because of the strength of their numbers alone, already posses a major criterion necessary for control...
...purpose of furthering political goals. The sate is interested in promoting economic development and thus bestows upon corporations special privileges such as the ability to pool capital, limited liability, and perpetual life. "The special status of corporations," argues Justice White, "has placed them in a position to control vast amounts of economic power which may, if not regulated, dominate not only the economy but also the very heart of our democracy, the electoral process...
Translating this theoretical model into a practicable application involves isolating a particular type of behavior and identifying the control factors affecting it. One use in the social sciences is especially appropriate in view of last week's rally in Washington against nuclear power and the mishap at Three Mile Isle last month. The author's model for determining the rate of power plant construction pits the pro-nuclear lobby against the "ecology" lobby and predicts that at a certain point a nuclear disaster will cause a catastrophic cutback in construction...
...compromise position may be possible if the cusp model is replaced by a "butterfly" catastrophe allowing the input of two additional control factors. Woodcock and Davis suggest that the absorption of the Atomic Energy Commission by the Energy Research and Development Agency may permit both lobbying groups to reconcile their demands...