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[2004 film] ==Synopsis== Oliver is a death row inmate who is given a lethal injection before a room of witnesses. He awakes in the morgue to find that he had only been administered saline and anaesthetic. A neuropharmacologist, Dr. Copeland, tells him that he has a choice: either agree to be...
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(character) (Or 'ctrl', '^') One (or a pair) of modifier keys found on all modern keyboards. If the control key is held down while pressing and releasing certain other keys then a 'control character' is generated, e.g. holding control and hitting 'A' generates control-A (ASCII code 1). The ASCII c...
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[GoodBooks album] ==Track listing== ...
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[management] Controlling is one of the managerial functions like planning, organizing, staffing and directing. It is an important function because it helps to check the errors and to take the corrective action so that deviation from standards are minimized and stated goals of the organizatio...
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[2005 film] Control is a 2005 Australian short film written and directed by Jon Cohen. ...
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[House] "Control" is the fourteenth episode of the first season of House, which premiered on the Fox network on March 15, 2005. ==Plot== A young CEO named Carly (Sarah Clarke) is admitted to the hospital after experiencing severe leg pain during a conference. Chase takes an X-ray of her leg,...
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[Poe song] "Control" is a song that Poe contributed to the Sony PlayStation video game Apocalypse. The song was released as a promotional single to stir up attention for the game. Poe also portrayed two characters in the game, Plague and Mary Magdalene. It appears on Poe`s second full-length...
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[Pedro the Lion album] Control is the third full-length album by Pedro the Lion. It was released on April 16, 2002 on Jade Tree Records. It is a concept album about a business man who is having an affair on his wife, who kills him. It covers such subject matter as infidelity, parenthood, gre...
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[2007 film] Deborah Curtis | writer = Matt Greenhalgh Deborah Curtis | starring = Sam Riley Control is a 2007 black-and-white biographical film about Joy Division singer Ian Curtis. Matt Greenhalgh wrote the screenplay based on the book Touching from a Distance, written by Curtis` widow Debo...
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Operations Control Office
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[Puddle of Mudd song] "Control" is a song released by the post-grunge group Puddle of Mudd. It was released in July 2001 (see 2001 in music), "Control" is about vanity, and was written by Wes Scantlin and co-written by Brad Stewart formerly of Shinedown. The single was successful, peaking at...
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[linguistics] In linguistics, a control construction (also called equi-NP deletion) is a clause that contains a main clause (or matrix clause), the predicate of which has two complements — an embedded clause (or subordinate clause) complement and a nominal complement that acts as the seman...
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The USS Control was an American Admirable Class minesweeper of 625 tons displacement launched in 1943. The USS Control was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 14.5 knots and carried a complement of 104. She was armed with one 3 inch dual-purpose gun and four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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50% of the outstanding votes plus one vote.
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Exerting actions to manipulate a system or environment in a goal-seeking manner.
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Economic reduction of crop losses caused by plant diseases.
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The functions performed at a ground control center to operate space-based instruments, in conjunction with commanding.
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(a) In experimental parapsychology a procedure undertaken in order to ensure that the experiment is conducted in a standard fashion and so that results are not unduly influenced by extraneous factors. See also control group, artefact.
(b) In spiritualism, a discarnate entity who communicates wit...
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In experiments; untreated subjects that affords a standard of comparison with those given crop protection treatment.
(i) Legislative; the use of legislation to control the importation and to prevent any spread of a pest within a country.
(ii) Physical; the use of mechanical (hand picking)...
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(a) In experimental parapsychology a procedure undertaken in order to ensure that the experiment is conducted in a standard fashion and so that results are not unduly influenced by extraneous factors. See also control group, artefact. (b) In spiritualism, a discarnate entity who communicates with a...
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A system of points which are used as fixed references for positioning other surveyed features.
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[n] - a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another 2. [n] - a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance 3. [n] - the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc. 4. [n] - power to direct or d...
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holding constant all relevant variables except one in order to observe its effect
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One of the four Cs which involves the demonstration of commitment and leadership, supported by clear rules and procedures which are rigorously applied.
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In subscription promotion tests, the basic package against which other promotions are compared
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