But as one doctor advises her patients, becoming a non-smoker is one way to gain control of your life.

VOA: special.2010.03.09

It believed some of the nations involved would use the Boxer Rebellion as a way to gain more control over Chinese territory.

VOA: special.2010.07.29

The sociologist says she was looking for individuals who reported becoming jobless for reasons out of their control, such as a factory closing.

VOA: special.2009.06.09

The Justice Department says domestic violence can be defined as a pattern of abusive behavior used by one partner in any relationship to control another partner.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

Dense planting of a crop can also act as a natural control.

VOA: special.2009.05.26

This is an important step forward, as a sovereign and united Iraq continues to take control of its own destiny,".

VOA: standard.2009.06.30

As a result of Russia's victory, Moscow now has firm economic and political control over South Ossetia and over another Georgian separatist region,Abkhazia.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

May observes that, gained a powerful tool to control their own bodies, they are still fighting to use that tool as they see fit.

VOA: standard.2010.05.12

Bereket told reporters, pro-government Somali militias have permission to use Ethiopia as a base of operations in attacking al-Shabab rebels, who control large sections of southern Somalia.

VOA: standard.2009.08.20

IRRI researcher Melissa Fitzgerald says finding the genes which control starch release is just the first step toward creating a grain that people will accept as part of their diet.

VOA: standard.2010.06.25

Mr.Netanyahu also warned that the Islamic militant group Hamas could seize control of a Palestinian state in the West Bank, just as it ousted Mr.Abbas from the Gaza Strip in 2007.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17