Many are returning home to areas firmly controlled by the Russian government.

Their emotional radiation was complex but firmly controlled as if they might be holding back the urge to say something.

Throughout the 1940s and early 1950s Republicans firmly controlled Kansas Government.

Bateman's apartment also is firmly controlled in terms of look and taste, with the latest music, food, and art.

The radio and television are firmly controlled by the Council of National Salvation.

"My dearest love, that is folly," he murmured, holding the woman against him, firmly controlling his own fears.

He did not even firmly control the north of Italy, battling other claimants over the throne for much of his reign.

For a while, the ideal appeared almost realizable: an opera house firmly controlled in all important artistic respects by a major conductor.

Syria arms the Hizbollah militias in their war - which it firmly controls - against Israel.

The pacts signed in previous years firmly controlled the exchange rate, thus building in predictability and confidence.