This means that economic conditions beyond their control can affect the amount of money they will earn.

VOA: special.2010.02.17

Collectivism is the system of ownership and control of the means of production by the people collectively, usually under the supervision of a government.

VOA: special.2010.06.06

Keeping a person on a short leash means keeping him or her under close control.

VOA: special.2009.03.29

That means he had a hard time realizing when it was out of control.

VOA: special.2009.07.28

Ervin says that means some farmers have returned to using soil-disturbing tillage or more toxic herbicides to control weeds.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

"They have gone through the past month or so of very hard effort to reach the point where they can begin to consolidate and control ground that they have won so, by no means this is over yet.

VOA: standard.2009.07.27