................................the entire notion of "control":
Every day, facts on the grounds were outpacing political leaders struggling to adjust to a reality that seemed increasingly beyond their control.
-Peter Baker and Susan Glasser, The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III. The "facts on the grounds" were occurring in the fall of 1989 — the coming re-unification of East and West Germany, an event which no smart people predicted, or even anticipated.
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