In the early part of the last century, Spain exercised a vague jurisdiction over the Marshalls, but the German traders filtered in & in 1870 the islands were virtually controlled by a German trading firm, the Jaluit Co.
In recent months, violence has increased significantly in Anbar, a predominately Sunni province that was once virtually controlled by Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia.
The latest closings must be approved by the Panel for Educational Policy, which is controlled by the mayor, virtually assuring that they will be adopted.
While several investigators acknowledged that Mr. Diana did not appear to be an organized crime figure of any significance, the presence of seven illegal Joker Poker machines, which are usually controlled by the mob, virtually guaranteed that he did some business with mobsters, a fact that could go unnoticed only by the most unobservant of police officers, the investigators said.
This political reform helped move China from a totalitarian state, in which virtually every aspect of life was controlled by the party–or more specifically, by one man to an authoritarian government.
Mr. Arlacchi said areas controlled by the Taliban accounted for virtually all those changes.
Indeed, there have been virtually no attacks against civilians inside Israel from areas controlled by the PA since Abbas became president in 2005.
China's courts are controlled by the Communist Party; defendants in criminal trials rarely win, and virtually never in politically charged cases.
But the area where P.K.K. fighters hide is controlled by the local Kurdish authority, and Iraq's central government has virtually no authority there.
Mr. Wasserman virtually controlled the radio business, advancing his clients on network shows.
