Word: directing
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...case is particularly disturbing, say agency officials, because the research probably had a direct impact on health policies. Between 1979 and 1984, says Sprague, Breuning "produced one-third of the literature in the psychopharmacology of the mentally retarded." The young psychologist began his research in the late 1970s, when treatment of the mentally retarded with powerful antipsychotic drugs, such as haloperidol and chlorpromazine, was being questioned. Breuning's opposition to the overuse of such drugs was shared by other researchers in the field. Even so, some scientists believe Breuning went overboard in discounting the benefits for many severely disturbed patients...
...enigma, variously described by some of his fellow workers as icy and grim and by others as sensitive and humorous. One acquaintance says he has a "passion for detail and no time for mavericks" and that he maintains a studied aloofness with underlings. Associates consider Reed to be direct and serious, possibly to a fault. Says Investment Banker William Donaldson, a fellow outside director of Philip Morris: "He likes to face reality, no matter how harsh it might...
...emerged as a central question posed by Congress's hearings about the Iran-contra affair: Did Ronald Reagan violate U.S. law? Reagan and his aides have begun freely admitting that he was deeply involved in encouraging private support for the contras during the period when the Boland amendment barred "direct or indirect" U.S. aid. But they argued that the amendment simply did not apply to the President -- and if it had, it would have been unconstitutional...
...find in Tanzania's Olduvai Gorge marked the beginning of a startling discovery that was formally unveiled last week by White and Johanson. The team of ten U.S. and Tanzanian scientists unearthed 302 fossil bones and teeth that have yielded a more complete picture of modern humans' earliest direct ancestor, Homo habilis. The new material could alter the way scientists interpret human evolution...
...Navy was ready in case Kennedy decided to lift his ban on direct U.S. involvement, Bissell revealed in his interview with TIME. As the Cuban exiles went ashore that moonless night in April 1961, a force of about 1,500 Marines waited on a ship near the coast. Admiral Arleigh Burke, Chief of Naval Operations at the time, confirms this previously unreported deployment. The Marines were "available," says Burke, now 85. "These things are just a general military precaution...