The guidance says that these powerful medicines are often the only means of controlling pain.

BBC: Morphine and pain control

It seems perverse, at a time of stringent austerity, for countries to deny themselves a means of controlling spending.

ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

The researchers said killing as a means of controlling numbers without harming the health of populations was done in Bavaria, in Germany, without being challenged by EU law.

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Reverse logistics means controlling the flow of material, inventory and finished goods from point of consumption to point of origin, for the purpose of recapturing value or proper disposal.

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The consolidation of distribution in recent years means that the channels of distribution, rather than manufacturers, are controlling the marketplace.

ECONOMIST: Monetary devolution

Controlling the supply of rare earths means that China can also control their processing and use in finished goods, which would fit a broader effort to drive its manufacturers from low- to high-value goods.

ECONOMIST: Rare earths

And it means showing due determination to take hold of the country's public finances by collecting taxes and controlling spending.

ECONOMIST: Collapse in Russia

Making the change to radical management can be frightening because it means shedding some of the fundamental assumptions of traditional management (tight focus on making money, selling more products and controlling employees) and replacing them with more productive management principles.

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