I show that the second approach won out as Greenland's exceptional geography and environment forced the US military to reassess its relationship with nature: rather than striving for control over the island space, US military personnel ultimately chose strategic cooperation with that space.
I have made a conscious effort to move from a surgeon that strives for control over the circumstances he faces in the operating room to a compassionate listener who sees people for who they are.
"What he saw," explains Knowlson, "was that, like Joyce, he had been striving for literary power, for control over the material, when in fact his whole zone of being lay in that area of impotence, of ignorance, of stupidity This was something which he was then able to channel in an exploration of what he saw as the essentials of being".
For hundreds of years the Low Countries of Western Europe were often referred to as a "cockpit" — that is, a fighting ground over which the greater nations strove for control.
When compensating, the patients were seen to be striving for control and safe care.
Perhaps this is a consequence of modern life where striving for control and security is essential.
We find that a recurrent topic underlying these themes is the dichotomy of experiencing uncertainty and striving for control.
A key tenet of communism is that the proletariat should strive to gain control over the means of production, and own and manage it collectively.
They are also building houses, regenerating areas, opening short-term hostels - striving to regain control over a costly, broken system.
However, the question arises as to whether all patients strive for full information and control over choice, or whether some prefer guidance.
Every faction strives for further control of the city.
