Word: personalcontrol
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...some level ofcontrol that both the victims and the communitylacked. The late 17th century witch-hunt at Salem,Massachusetts, provides an example of thishalf-real, half-illusary struggle for controlbetween the "witches" and the community. The verybelief in witchcraft itself became a tool withwhich the victims attempted to gain personalcontrol and the society attempted to maintainsocial order and control of its environment...
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