So, when the Senate and the House of Representatives agreed to end the earmarking process a few years ago, it certainly appeared to be a positive step in the direction of gaining a little control over wasteful government spending and a move towards bringing a bit of honestly to the process of government.
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I, for one, never knew that a network could exert control over a game.
As I try to regain a little control over the fish, Captain Frank stands by my side, hooting and hollering.
It will hold a titanium grip on trading in interest rate futures and indexes, and a firm control over the markets for agricultural and other commodities.
But now we are seeing a downside of one company having control over a particularly lucrative drug.
"We don't control who comes on the site but we have a lot of control over what they experience once there, " said Mr Merrifield.
Cross-Channel ferry passengers face major travel disruption over Easter due to a strike by French port control officers in a dispute over pay.
As a result, the developers have limited control over a game's direction, and it is never really won or lost.
When assessing the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting and compliance with financial-related laws and regulations, management must follow the assessment process contained in Appendix A. Annually, management must provide assurances on internal control in its Performance and Accountability Report, including a separate assurance on internal control over financial reporting, along with a report on identified material weaknesses and corrective actions.
WHITEHOUSE: OMB Circular A-123 - Management's Responsibility for Internal Control | The White House
This is the latest in a series of moves by China to gain control over a network of ports, railways and distribution channels which it will use to carry its goods to European markets.
He looked as the kind of person who had, over the year, accumulated a fair amount of control over the things he wanted to control.
But many Iraqis are insisting on direct elections, calling them a sign of control over their own country.
We all want a sense of control over how our personal information is being used by private actors.
"It gives them a lot more control over what they are buying, " said Lisa Cosmas Hanson, Niko Partner's founder.
This process gives a computer user control over which DNS server to use.
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Conservative MEP Ashley Fox said it could lead to a loss of control over rat population across the continent.
In theory, this ought to give Congress, the administration and the Pentagon a measure of control over private firms.
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Now, with an fantastically expanded deficit, the Republicans have now leveraged themselves into a position of control over the entire budget.
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Enterprises thereby can assemble the appropriate detective, corrective and preventive controls required to provide a 360 degree control over identity and access.
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We also wanted something we could have a little more control over.
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As we've mentioned before, the outfit has also outed its Maestro app for low-latency monitoring and a bit more control over how matters progress.
"It is true that in the age of user-generated content, candidates are going to have a lot less control over what goes up, " he says.
However, it is a tenacious company with a lot of money behind it, an appetite for wireless, and a desire for control over everything it does.
The feds had a level of control over banks much greater than before, and because they did, the bailouts themselves were worse than the bankruptcy alternative.
Mr Makino says that the traditional distribution practices of the keiretsu, or families of firms, ensured that manufacturers had a lot of control over high-street prices.
He said they were killed by members of Colombia's main rebel group, the Farc, as part of a dispute over control of an important drug route to Venezuela.
People who feel that their work is not acknowledged adequately, or who feel a lack of control over their work, are also at greater risk for the worn-out form.
By allowing their exchange rates to rise and fall as capital flows wax and wane, emerging economies should be able to keep a measure of control over their domestic monetary conditions.
Assuming the three-way merger goes ahead, the new group and its two nearest rivals combined will control a little over 10% of the market, paltry compared with the concentration in other basic industries.
Among the controversies exposed by the documents was a battle for control over the Vatican's bank, which is under pressure by international regulators and watchdogs to step up its compliance with anti-money-laundering rules.
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