Mr. Gravin, who resisted calls to ease controls over energy supplies, is the first cabinet minister fired since Mr. Putin became president more than a year ago.
In 1995 the chairman of Hughes, C. Michael Armstrong, led a lobbying effort to ease controls over satellite exports by shifting authority from the State Department, which requires monitors, to the less restrictive Commerce Department.
Some officials have recommended easing control over sugar, but politicians are reluctant to do anything that might be seen as driving up food prices.
MINSK, Belarus — Candidates loyal to Belarus's authoritarian president, Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, won an overwhelming majority of parliamentary seats on Sunday in an election under scrutiny for signs that he was easing control over the country.
MINSK, Belarus — Candidates loyal to Belarus's authoritarian president, Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, headed for victory in all 110 parliamentary seats on Sunday in an election under scrutiny for signs that he was easing control over the country.
With insurgent bombings and attacks still a major danger as Iraqi forces assume a larger police role, US officials have voiced concerns about continuing violence unless al-Maliki and his Shia Muslim political allies do more to share power with minority Sunnis and to ease government control over Sunni regions and those dominated by ethnic Kurds.
"Phones on the market don't offer you as much ease of control over the ISO [light sensitivity], white balance, shutter speed, and aperture.
The survey included multi questions factors of 1) ease, 2) control over the course, 3) intention to participate in similarly made course, and 4) usefulness of the overall teaching approach as well as the single question factors of 1) enjoyment, 2) excitement and 3) boredom.
Beginning in 1966, as Egypt's economy slowed and government debt became increasingly burdensome, Nasser began to ease state control over the private sector, encouraging state-owned bank loans to private business and introducing incentives to increase exports.
A federal district judge who has monitored the state's prisons for nearly 30 years has eased his control over the system.
