Word: direct
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Lyndon Johnson's retirement was also a direct, if more gradual, reaction to popular unrest. The anti-establishment forces at work in the U.S. today-black militance, the poor people's crusade, the antiwar movement, student riots and demonstrations over these and other issues-are comparable in causation if not degree to the upheaval in France. In both countries, and many others, the malaise reflects the resentment of those who feel that they have been neglected, ignored or oppressed by outdated, inflexible political and bureaucratic systems...
...another rare descent from his studied aloofness, De Gaulle had a "perroquet," or direct-line amplifier, linked up from the National Assembly to his palace office so that he could hear the debate. It was worth hearing; so long impotent, the Deputies finally had a platform, and some used it well. One was Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, former Gaullist Finance Minister and leader of the 43-member Independent Republicans, who are allied with the Gaullists. As he rose to speak, he glanced at the ornate skylight through which flooded the late-afternoon rays of the spring sun. "Never...
Despite Sartre's praise, the decisive role in the revolt was played by the workers, who plainly preferred to avoid any direct ties with the young radicals. Soccer players occupied the headquarters of the soccer association, forced the cancellation of all matches. Leggy strippers occupied the Folies Bergère, locking out the customers. Sewage workers staged a sewerside sit-in. Buses, trains, taxis and all French commercial aircraft came to a halt. At first, French automobilistes created huge traffic snarls as they tried to go about in their cars; then, as gas supplies gave out, the streets became uncommonly deserted...
Despite the outward emnity between the Council and Rudolph, he actually performs a valuable service for them--taking the heat of citizen complaints. Some years ago--before Rudolph's time--the Council had direct control over traffic problems. "Sometimes they loved it. They were close to the people. They'd spend hours arguing over where to put a traffic light," one longtime Council observer recalls. But the votes gained from citizens who had a new traffic light near their home were balanced off against the votes lost when somebody didn't get the light he wanted. That, and the growing...
...blocks, the amino acids. Thus DNA ultimately determines the cell's function. The DNA's information is transferred to RNA (the cell's working manual), which is chemically like DNA except that it is usually single-stranded. Specific RNA messages ("messenger RNA") are shipped to the cytoplasm and there direct synthesis of the specific proteins...