Word: tocontrol
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...perhaps beginningwith ancient shamman's concept of "sympatheticmagic" and holding with modern day concepts ofoccultism and New Age religion. History is rifewith stories and reports of witch-hunts, initiatedand perpetuated by hysterical masses desperated todefeat the all-powerful supernatural. A centralissue to address, then, is the need for people tocontrol these supernatural forces of witchcraft.Did the people they targeted as witches haveunnatural control over their surroundings? In mostcases in colonial America, the accused witches didnot have excessive personal or social power.However, their victims, as well as the hystericalcommunity, perceived them as having some level ofcontrol that both the victims...
...high level of technology is another problemspace missions face, according to Professor of theHistory of Science Everett I. Mendelsohn. "We areright on the edge, pushing to the limits of whatwe expect technology to do and our ability tocontrol it because of the complex character of thesystems and the human interface by which wecontrol them," he said...
Bennett said it is not necessary to bringpolice or special investigators onto campuses tocontrol drug use. He said colleges anduniversities can start by "eliminating any traceof public or institutional tolerance of drug...