control the affairs of

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If you decide to give temporary guardianship of your child over to another person, you are allowing another party to protect and control the affairs of your child.

From Encyclopedia.com • Jun. 12, 2018

I knew that, in a large degree, we were trying an experiment—that of testing whether or not it was possible for Negroes to build up and control the affairs of a large education institution.

From Up from Slavery: an autobiography by Washington, Booker T.

Without political organizations it would be almost impossible to govern the policy and character of the country and control the affairs of the nation.

From Citizenship A Manual for Voters by Cromwell, Emma Guy

These boards still exist, and control the affairs of the institutions, having full powers but subject to such regulation as the state may direct.

From The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States by Best, Harry

More than scholarship is needed to direct and control the affairs of men.

From A Broader Mission for Liberal Education Baccalaureate Address, Delivered in Agricultural College Chapel, Sunday June 9, 1901 by Worst, John H. (John Henry)