Word: controlling
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Wang has people to see. She heads out into the sea of cubicles to meet with her contact in the client's finance department. At his desk, she doesn't sit down--but stands by the end of his desk and takes control of the meeting. Wang exhibits the same sensitivity to people's state of mind that she showed with Conrad--she asks the man about his daughter and about the progress of his new home. The unspoken message is that she understands how full his plate is. She leaves him with a so-called structured task, as planned...
...rent control also accelerated the process of gentrification that has overtaken Cambridge, and broadened EFZ's task...
Landlords have taken advantage of the housing shortage by evicting older tenants and increasing rents up to 300 percent, an action that would have been impossible under rent control...
...also returning to its roots, building a campaign to reinstate rent control...
Marist's biggest victory came inside, where the Red Foxes used superior size from Cielebak and 6'10 Tom Kenney to control the boards. Cielebak finished with a game-high 10 rebounds and Kenney added seven as Marist got 16 offensive rebounds, including an 11-5 first-half edge...