Word: controller
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There is, of course, profundity here: the twentieth century urge to control, its ultimate defeat at the hands of forces more powerful and all that. But the real profundity is that Arthur even thought she might have been able to control a small chunk of the world; had she read Walden before her departure, she could have saved enormous amounts of time and money. For Thoreau's point, never stated outright but implied in both Walden and the essay on Civil Disobedience, is that control is undesirable; instead that happy co-existence of man and nature is both the only...
Three of the Harvard goals came after Remsen lost control of the ball. A big scramble would ensue in front of the net, and then a Crimson player would guide the ball to the back...
Your story on requiring licenses for teachers claimed that Philosopher Mortimer Adler's proposal [Sept. 29] would "weaken control of teaching by teachers." Teachers, however, have very little control to be weakened. More crucial, Mr. Adler's plan would weaken control of teaching by teachers of teaching-a necessary change, it seems to me, a teacher. Jack W. Rhodes Charleston...
...your story "The Poisoning of America" [Sept. 22], Union Carbide is identified as having voluntarily removed drums of its waste materials from the Chemical Control Corp. disposal site in Elizabeth, N.J., after the facility was closed by the state. Union Carbide did not have any waste at that site. Jackson B. Browning, Corporate Director Health, Safety & Environmental Affairs Union Carbide Corp., New York City...
...then Reagan got in two silly bits of trouble himself. First, he issued a written statement criticizing the Environmental Protection Agency for being overly stringent that concluded: "Air pollution has been substantially controlled." Asked by a reporter to explain how he could possibly believe that the air was clearing up, he said, "I don't think I've said anything of the kind." It was pointed out that the statement had been released the day before under his name. Responded Reagan: "Isn't it substantially under control? I think it is." Reporters were left to wonder...