They can exert near-absolute control over their workers' lives; besides handling the payroll and deducting taxes, they are frequently the sole source of the workers' food and housing, which, in addition to the ride to and from the fields, they provide for a fee.
Compared to the absolute control Spain exerted in their pomp, this was like listening to a symphony with the sound down.
Given the absolute control the United States exerts over the Guantánamo naval base, and the terms of the 1903 lease giving it that control, it is disingenuous for the government to argue that the detainees are outside its jurisdiction.
"Absolute control," he said, laughing.
To Chinese leaders, "governing" means absolute control.
"They have absolute control," he said.
so that he had absolute control of the rankings.
"I intend to take full and absolute control".
The Justice Department prevents Northwest from taking absolute control of Continental.
Clarke and Arthur clearly want absolute control over their players.
"She has absolute control of her courtroom," Mr. Barcella said.
