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  • and Belgium, then gaining military control of important industrial regions in France. The tide of the advance was dramatically turned with the ...
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  • create a simplified language designed to help control the population of the imaginary state of Oceania. The words of Newspeak have become famous and ...
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  • Pakistani and Indian area and the Line of Control between them| text=Since the creation of the separate states of India and Pakistan in 1947, ...
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  • and socioeconomic organization based on common control of the means of production as opposed to private ownership. While communism or Marxism-Leninism ...
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  • a small natural horn with no valves. All pitch control is done by varying the player's embouchure (the adjustment of a player's mouth to the ...
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  • and its fall brought to an end 780 years of Muslim control in the Spanish peninsula. }} ...
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  • a coup against the Girondins and took control of the Convention. They pressed for wage and price controls which their supporters, the sans-culottes ...
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  • small, simple devices that are often used to control other devices—for example, they may be found in machines ranging from fighter aircraft to industrial ...
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  • Company was closed down and replaced by direct control from London through a Governor-General. }} ...
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  • Eastern Europe came under the yoke of Soviet control that would continue until the revolutions of 1989. ...
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  • dominate the Muslim world and to assume active control of the spice trading network. }} ...
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  • heights" attempted to manage and control every aspect of the Soviet economy. According to Marxism-Leninism, the state represented the vanguard ...
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  • would turn on them in an attempt to control what he had released. They became the prototype of mob violence, which is still used by the left ...
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  • that regulates body movement through control of skeletal (voluntary) ... reputation for being outside of conscious control. It consists of nerves in ...
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  • context for communist revolution that would control the nation for 70 years. ...
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  • to occur, but when they could not control the Assembly, Lenin ordered it to be shut down. The elections for the Constituent Assembly would be ...
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  • employ of sexuality as a means of power and control over others ("Sadism"), demonstrating the corrupting influence that this kind of sexual ...
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  • became the ruler of France and Italy. He acquired control of most of the western and central mainland of Europe by conquest or alliance until his disastrous ...
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  • would have been possible if tensions went out of control during the Cuban Missile Crisis. ===Derived terms=== * apocalyptic * apocalypticism ...
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  • high-ranking officials. The dictator maintains control by influencing and appeasing the inner circle while repressing any opposition. Dictatorships ...
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  • * price control * price cut * price fixing * price floor * price gouge * price gouging * price point * price range * price signal * price stability ...
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  • ==Etymology== From Middle English governour, from Old French gouvreneur, from Latin gubernator, from Ancient Greek κυβερνήτης (kubernḗtēs ...
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  • and how it affects a species' ability to control and adapt to its environment. In human society, it is a consequence of science and engineering ...
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  • grinding head stays in a fixed position. Very fine control of the grinding head or table position is feasible using a vernier calibrated hand wheel, or ...
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  • of agriculture one again reinstituted state control of the national economy. The goal of the policy was to take resources and labor power from the ...
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  • remained active, notably promoting nuclear arms control calling on governments to embrace the vision of a world free of nuclear weapons as well as advocating ...
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  • belief in one's value as a person in full control of one's mind and body, and rejection of the notion that dulling the senses with alcohol ...
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  • # An instrument or other means of harming or exerting control over another. #:Money is the main weapon of modern oligarchs. ===Derived terms=== ...
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  • - September 6, 1966) was an American birth control activist, and the founder ... numerous times for expressing her views on birth control. ...
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  • into different swimlanes describing the control of different organizational ... as one of the seven basic tools of quality control, next to the histogram, ...
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  • research. He published his famed Social Control in 1901, in which he analyzed ... way it preserved social order. His Social Control (1901) became a classic ...
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  • Soviet Union. She argued that the workers should control production. Although she managed to avoid expulsion from the party at that time, she continued ...
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  • one person enables another person's self-destructive behavior such ... of the term and excessive focus on the self as the source of the problem. ...
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  • from an experimental sample against a control sample, which is practically ... being performed and have both a positive control and a negative control. ...
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  • Authority control is a term used in library and information science ... on a given book is amenable to authority control, catalogers typically focus ...
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  • NASA often uses the name Environmental Control and Life Support System ... === Temperature control === === Water === Water is consumed by crewmembers ...
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  • rights frequently include reproduction, control over derivative works, distribution ... of human society. If the individual is self-centered, they may limit the ...
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  • and humans. It is also used to help control and eventually eliminate ... spills. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control recommends it to clean up ...
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  • A person with PTSD is at a higher risk of suicide and intentional ... traumatic events, those that are under the control of human beings, including ...
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  • that plays a fundamental role in control of the gastrointestinal ... functions, acting independent of conscious control, such as the coordination ...
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  • pneumatic, hydraulic, chemistry, control engineering, naval architecture ... pneumatic, hydraulic, chemistry, control engineering, naval architecture ...
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  • Vision/A15-4.htm "The Neural Control of Vision"] MIT. Retrieved October 30, 2007. The proposed alternate theory, called the "S1 ...
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  • such imbalances, as well as in biological control of insect populations. In most cases, biological control of insects and mites is carried ...
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  • A remote control (also referred to as a "remote" or "controller ... One of the earliest examples of a remote control was developed in ...
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  • tend to fixate on institutions of fire control like fire stations and firefighters ... endless fascination. Due to our ability to control fire, it has played an enormous ...
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  • [[Image:Streetlight control.jpg|thumb|250px|The internal components ... also used in some dynamic compressors to control gain reduction. At the other ...
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  • protesting against Japan's increasing control over Korea. A few years ... ==Japan's growing control over Korea== [[Image:Flag of the Japanese ...
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  • dirigible, which houses the passengers and control apparatus. ... * self-driving car * sports car * stock car * trolley car ...
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  • . They are applied in total vegetation control (TVC) programs for the maintenance ... * Control by an herbicide refers to the destruction of weeds, or their ...
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  • a code representing a printing character or a control character. #:Before I started learning computer programming, I had memorized all of the ...
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  • Biological control, biocontrol, or biological pest control is a method ... The biological control of pests and weeds relies on predation, parasitism ...
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  • These may then control the heating or cooling apparatus using: * Direct mechanical control * Electrical signals * Pneumatic signals ...
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  • was already effectively under British control but its power had never ... India. The Scindia Maharajas retained control and overlordship over much ...
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  • and, being voracious predators, help to control mosquitoes during the mosquito ... one of the earliest biological pest control programs, when the Australian ...
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  • Until the early twentieth century, Sinai was under the control of ... the Gaza Strip, remained under Egyptian control, although parts of it were ...
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  • whose influence and size allowed for control over significant parts of ... mechanisms of financial and administrative control" that zaibatsu once ...
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  • goal of universal bibliographic control, by ensuring the bibliographic ... libraries who have national bibliographic control as one of their goals. Exchange ...
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  • With several thousand cultures under its control, Songhai was clearly the ... mission in order to cement its control of the trans-Saharan trade ...
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  • form today. Sensors are connected to a control unit via either a low-voltage ... Remote alarm systems are used to connect the control unit to a predetermined ...
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  • the end, Japan’s victory had given her control of southern Manchuria, a ... as a model of independence from European control. Through its victory, Japan ...
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  • power behind the throne," exerting control through economic or political ... statesmen” or nobles who advise or even control the ruler. Examples of this ...
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  • may include: attitude determination and control (variously called ADAC, ... ; Attitude control: Spacecraft need an attitude control subsystem ...
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  • supply systems, irrigation, pollution control systems, sewer systems, ... They design grading, drainage (flood control), paving, water supply, ...
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  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (or CDC) is the main ... descended from the wartime agency Malaria Control in War Areas (MCWA) in Atlanta ...
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  • === Quality control and quality assurance === Quality control is a set of measures taken to ensure that defective ...
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  • according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Media Summary, Part 2] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved ...
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  • provinces in the northeast, giving him control of the eastern half of China’s ... provinces in the northeast, giving him control of the eastern half of China’s ...
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  • applications. It is rejected by some control engineers for validation ... Fuzzy logic can be used to control household appliances such as washing ...
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  • of social interaction. Similarly, the self-control theory of crime, often ... commit crime do so because they lack self-control. He suggests that lack ...
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  • === Control segment === ; 2 : Code Structure Identifier (CSI) for the ... Successive Entries Based Upon the OCLC Control Number, ISSN, or LCCN." ...
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  • subject can imagine. The individual makes a self-assessment of where he is ... 10 = Feels unbearably bad, out of control, as in a nervous breakdown ...
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  • all the tribes to discuss how to best to control the flooding. Gun was elected ... him during the time work was being done to control the floods. Qi, Yu's ...
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  • co-authoring the revised version of The Control of Trusts, he later became ... He coauthored a revised edition of The Control of Trusts (1914) with him ...
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  • China and Meiji Japan, primarily over control of Joseon Korea. China had ... by Westerners, would fall under Japanese control. Tsar Nicholas II of Russia ...
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  • routes. The prosperity gained through the control of these trade routes provided ... Tripoli and the region of Lake Chad, the control over which played a significant ...
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  • of Żurawno and the Commonwealth ceding control of most of its Ukraine territories ... of Right-bank Ukraine, aiming to gain control of Ukraine but facing defeats ...
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  • or bibliographic database. Vocabulary control ensures consistency in a ... Vocabulary control includes policies, procedures, and methodologies ...
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  • between reinforcement mechanisms and the control of autonomic behavior, pioneering ... nervous system, that people might learn to control their heart rate and bowel ...
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  • and birds, have internal mechanisms of control. When more calcium is needed ... part of the endocrine system, which is a control system of ductless glands ...
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  • in the organization, and span of control within supervisory units. ... organization's overall plan. Proper control ensures high-quality performance ...
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  • Shuar, Uwishin) are people who possess and control tsentsak. To possess tsentsak ... the shrunken head. Shuar men believed that control of the muisak would enable ...
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  • especially communication processes, control mechanisms, and feedback ... in his book of that title, as the study of control and communication in the ...
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  • The control of hormones from the anterior pituitary exerts a negative ... For instance, in fish it is believed to control physiological color change ...
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  • stronghold and solidified Portuguese control of the entire eastern shore ... ceded Madagascar to France in exchange for control of another island nation ...
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  • Keynesian-style fiscal regulation, direct control of manpower, and state control ... * Beveridge, William H. British Food Control. Oxford University. 1928. ...
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  • rapidly increasing forces on the various control surfaces, which led to the ... to flex such that they counteracted the control input, leading to a condition ...
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  • It is concerned with the production, control, transmission, reception ... * [http://www.inceusa.org/ Institute of Noise Control Engineers] ...
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  • Infared light from the LED of a remote control as seen by a digital camera.]] ... IR is the most common way for remote control devices to command appliances ...
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  • of 2005, there is no known safe biological control to be used against ragweed ... It is considered important to control the spread of ragweed in large ...
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  • industrialized nations with effective fly control measures and good hygiene ... profit organizations implement trachoma control programs using the WHO-recommended ...
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  • also contributed to the development of the self-propelled, combined harvester ... monitoring systems, GPS locators, and self-steer programs allow the most ...
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  • order, the powerful army brought under its control the Turkmen, Uzbek, Tajik ... were straining to expand their area of control. After Ahmad Shah sacked ...
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  • a nation’s central bank can maintain control of such reserves by lending ... banks. The central bank retains tight control over its nation’s money ...
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  • affected as those outside the eye that control eye movement, jaw muscles ... *Control and destruction of meat containing trichinae, e.g., removal ...
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  • Tammany Hall is an example of how political parties, because they ... 1840s, the society expanded its political control even further by earning ...
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  • which fetched a high price on the market. Control of these, and other, spices ... power Aksum attempted to assert political control over the fledging Arabian ...
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  • in the field of cults and "mind control," receiving a number ... a person thought to be under "mind control" from a religious or ...
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  • Glasser as a repetitive activity without self-criticism or judgment that ... activity that can help with weight control through the expenditure ...
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  • ==Political self-government== The ancient Greeks used the word “autonomy” ... for various types of rational thought, self-control, and the absence of self ...
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  • Harvard, his famous 1911 textbook, and his control of the Quarterly Journal ... his influential 1911 textbook, and his control of the Quarterly Journal ...
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