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Tacitus knew the techniques and controlled them for his political interpretations; as a model he had studied the early Roman historiographer Sallust.

A military campaign last year recaptured several southern towns from the jihadist militants who had controlled them for more than a year.

This time, the Chinese Defense Ministry's denial came with accusations that Japan was to blame for any unnervingly close encounters between their ships and aircraft near the islands known as the Diaoyu in China and the Senkaku in Japan, which has controlled them for decades.

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"Of course no country can ban imports, but there are ways to control them, for example, they should impose taxes on imported products.

Swan Lake Reloaded tells the tale of the swans who are prostitutes and drug addicts and their violent pimp Rothbart, who is controlling them for financial gain.

What it showed was that corporations ran the country -- crippling government's ability to control them for the public good, while harnessing the powers of the state to expand its empire and millions of average Americans suffered the consequences.

For his part in the potential marriage alliance, Henry II transferred the castles of Chinon, Loudun and Mirebeau into John's name; as John was only five years old his father would continue to control them for practical purposes.

It seems more appropriate to control them for cardiovascular risk factors.

If you have any brothers and sisters, ask your parents nicely to control them for the evening - after all, you don't want your little sis gatecrashing, or your big bro walking in when you're all changing!

Noel Lucas QC, prosecuting, told jurors the defendants groomed the girls, then controlled them, using them for their own sexual gratification and selling them to other men for sex.

A Hue starter kit with three bulbs and a wireless base station for controlling them sells for a hefty $200.

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