Thesaurus / control
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Companies like Rice Up still promote rice cakes as a whole-grain option for weight control.
THE RISE AND FALL OF THE RICE CAKE, AMERICA’S ONE-TIME FAVORITE HEALTH SNACKBRENNA HOUCKSEPTEMBER 17, 2020EATERI was talking about what we’re doing is under control, but I’m not talking about the virus.
TIMELINE: THE 124 TIMES TRUMP HAS DOWNPLAYED THE CORONAVIRUS THREATAARON BLAKE, JM RIEGERSEPTEMBER 17, 2020WASHINGTON POSTAlexander also requested an extraordinary amount of control over the reports, asking that he be allowed to review them before publication and even make edits.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S POLITICIZATION OF CORONAVIRUS COMES TO A HEADAARON BLAKESEPTEMBER 16, 2020WASHINGTON POSTAt the beginning, before anybody knew what it was, I spoke with President Xi, and he said, we are doing it well, we have it under control.
TRUMP’S INCOHERENT DEFENSE OF HIS CORONAVIRUS RESPONSEAARON BLAKESEPTEMBER 16, 2020WASHINGTON POSTA month later, a Fox News poll found 70 percent of likely voters felt the pandemic was “not at all” or “somewhat” under control.
TRUMP, IN TOWN HALL, SAYS HE WOULDN’T HAVE DONE ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY ON PANDEMICCOLBY ITKOWITZ, JOSH DAWSEY, FELICIA SONMEZ, JOHN WAGNERSEPTEMBER 16, 2020WASHINGTON POSTWhen the virus is under control, testing doesn’t uncover more cases.
TRUMP’S ABC NEWS TOWN HALL: FOUR PINOCCHIOS, OVER AND OVER AGAINGLENN KESSLERSEPTEMBER 16, 2020WASHINGTON POSTViacom, the owner of cable networks such as MTV and Nickelodeon, merged with CBS at the end of last year — joining together two businesses long under control of the Redstone family.
CBS ALL ACCESS IS REBRANDING AS PARAMOUNT+RADMARYASEPTEMBER 15, 2020FORTUNEIt’s one of the reasons why I’ve given up a lot of control at Momofuku.
MOMOFUKU’S DAVID CHANG ON THE BIG CHANGES THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY NEEDS TO MAKE TO SURVIVEBETH KOWITTSEPTEMBER 14, 2020FORTUNEAccording to Reuters, taking on Oracle as a “trusted tech partner” means that Oracle would have control over TikTok’s user data while Bytedance retains ownership of the app’s algorithms.
‘A 2ND OR 3RD TIER PLAYER’: HOW THE SIZE OF ORACLE’S CHINA BUSINESS HELPED IT WIN TIKTOKEAMONBARRETTSEPTEMBER 14, 2020FORTUNEResearchers are looking for a significantly higher number of Covid-19 cases in the control group over the vaccinated group to show the shot is effective.
ASTRAZENECA’S COVID-19 VACCINE IS BACK ON TRACK AFTER GETTING THE GREEN LIGHT TO RESUME TRIALS IN THE U.K.BERNHARD WARNERSEPTEMBER 13, 2020FORTUNEWORDS RELATED TO CONTROL
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