She had let herself be controlled by some machine-like force that directed her actions and freed her of responsibility.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

She often spoke about the problems of women trying to succeed in a world mainly controlled by men.

VOA: special.2010.08.08

As you can guess from the name, hand puppets are worn on and controlled by the puppeteer's hand.

VOA: special.2009.09.23

The House of Representatives was controlled by members of the Free Soil Party, which opposed slavery.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

He also said the Japanese government would no longer be controlled by a few powerful people.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

Rod puppets are controlled by a stick or wire attached to the puppet's main body parts.

VOA: special.2009.09.23

The lunar lander,controlled by a computer, dropped toward the airless surface of the moon.

VOA: special.2009.07.15

Some people accuse the movement of being controlled by the Republicans.

VOA: special.2010.03.06

Congress was controlled by radical members of the Republican Party.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

Rome was later controlled by three rulers -- a triumvirate.

VOA: special.2011.02.16

The Senate was controlled by southerners, who supported slavery.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

The new Congress was controlled by the Democratic Party.

VOA: special.2010.04.29

They said he was controlled by powerful politicians.

VOA: special.2010.04.29

They said he was controlled by extremists.

VOA: special.2010.02.11

It is also the first time that the government allowed refugees to return to areas which were formerly controlled by the rebels.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

Al-Iryani says the warnings are harming his country, and that Yemen's major cities and almost all its roads are safely controlled by the central government.

VOA: standard.2010.04.20

Rashid Abdi says the bombing has convinced many ordinary Somalis that al-Shabab is increasingly being controlled by foreign fighters, who have no regard for Somali lives.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

The vote is supposed to take place in the West Bank, which is controlled by Mr.Abbas, and the Gaza Strip which is ruled by its rival faction Hamas.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

Israel pulled out of the Palestinian-ruled Gaza Strip in 2005, and today it is controlled by Hamas, a violent Islamic militant group that refuses to recognize the Jewish state.

VOA: standard.2009.05.29

"This is not part of the political process. The political process is very tightly controlled and the entry to the political stage is very tightly filtered and controlled by the Kremlin.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

Sri Lanka's Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs,Sarath Amunugama, says the government has taken a policy decision to develop the Tamil-dominated provinces which,for years, were effectively controlled by the now-defeated rebels.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

The flotilla aimed to break a blockade that Israel has imposed on the Gaza Strip in an effort to stop weapons from reaching the region that is controlled by the militant Hamas movement.

VOA: standard.2010.06.03

U.S.military officials said the commando operation took place in the coast district of Barawe in southern Somalia, which is heavily controlled by al-Shabab, a radical Islamist terrorist group thought to have direct links with al-Qaida.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15