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Word: controls (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...House boycotted the Assembly because the Assembly, the delegates claimed, was controlled by the CDU. CDU members pointed out that the party can barely control its own members, much less the Assembly...

Author: By J.wyatt Emmerich, | Title: Alphabet Soup for Junior Politicians | 8/17/1979 | See Source »

...Kurdish representatives had worked out an agreement in principle. In a formula that is likely to be followed in other Kurdish towns, the local provisional council in Marivan would be permitted to decide local matters. The hated Pasdaran were to be withdrawn, and the regular army would assume control until a local police force could be established...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: A Deal with The Orphans | 8/13/1979 | See Source »

...such American scientists as Arthur Jensen, William Shockley and Edward O. Wilson. France's New Righters thus call for a "meritocratic" society in which the ablest and most intelligent would rule. As practical steps toward this goal, they suggest a variety of programs ranging from abortion and genetic control to a new kind of elitist education that would involve the early selection of children with high IQs for special training...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: A New Right Raises Its Voice | 8/13/1979 | See Source »

...inherited a roster of restless firms whose ambition was to grow large enough to be listed on the Big Board, the New York Stock Exchange. Levitt, who now earns more than $200,000 a year, says he discovered that these companies had "little representation in government and very little control over their own destinies. I felt the Amex could become a spokesman for that neglected constituency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: St. George of The Small | 8/13/1979 | See Source »

...height that makes her seem younger; her emotions have only just begun to unfold. She has not seen any big money yet. She gives a child's answers to an interviewer's questions. What role would she like best? "A mother, where I could be in control, be in charge." She admires take-charge actors?John Wayne, Jane Fonda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hollywood's Whiz Kids | 8/13/1979 | See Source »

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