A small group of families controlled most of the resources in the region, and owned the town's only stores.

Could this be a serious blow to American efforts to control its enemies in the region?

When one of the periodic scoring phases is triggered, the superpower that controls more nations in the indicated region will rack up points.

He was set there to keep an eye on Shibata Katsuie, who controlled eight counties in the region.

During the 18th century, the French set up a system of trading posts to control the fur trade in the region.

The British used the island (amongst many others all around Africa) to patrol and control the slave traffic in the region.

In addition, they would control much of the sugar production in the region, as Salvador was a major center for the substance.

They said they controlled security in the region and could close an airport whenever a plane from New York arrived to pick up the drugs.

Second, he said, the allies must act to control the proliferation of nuclear weapons and missiles in the region.

Malinovsky continued to control the major Soviet force in the region as the commander of the Far Eastern military district.