Word: controlling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Whether Ghotbzadeh, and presumably the Ayatullah Khomeini, can pull the militant students holding the hostages into line with this pronouncement was not known for certain. Just who is in control of the situation in Tehran has never been clear. For the moment, the students defied the Foreign Minister, vowing in a statement: "We will release nobody, nobody at all." But to calm fears in Washington that the Americans were being mistreated, the students did release photos of healthy hostages exercising on the embassy grounds...
With Harvard's confidence peaking, the icemen took control in the third period, allowing UNH to penetrate the Crimson zone only to be turned back time after time...
...ancient days, when television covered--but didn't control--sports, bowl games were scheduled after Christmas Day and before New Year's Night, as a holiday treat for the football fanatic...
Rules: Bodychecking in women's hockey is technically taboo--unless players are fighting to gain control of the puck--but referees ten to use their own discretion on checking calls. Stickchecking (including backchecking and forechecking) is permissible, however, and often proves to be the key to a strong defense. Other penalty calls are the same as in men's hockey...
...Americans cannot control the world like they once thought they could, so they get angry," he added...