Word: directing
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...Garden meeting with Ronald Reagan. But once the broad outlines of the incredible story became known, the consequences were dire. The Administration appeared to have violated at least the spirit, and possibly the letter, of a long succession of U.S. laws that are intended to stop any arms transfers, direct ( or indirect, to Iran. Washington looked to be sabotaging its own efforts to organize a worldwide embargo against arms sales to Iran, and hypocritically flouting its incessant admonitions to friends and allies not to negotiate with terrorists for the release of their captives...
Though McCain is a staunch conservative on most matters, befitting a successor to Goldwater, he is something of an independent on foreign policy. He supports sanctions against South Africa and favors military aid to the Nicaraguan contras but strongly opposes direct U.S. intervention in Central America. McCain has curbed his formidable temper but not his irreverent humor: he got off one of the best quips of the campaign at Goldwater's expense. McCain recalled Goldwater's saying that if he had been elected President in 1964 and had put his hawkish policies into effect, McCain would never have wound...
Department of Commerce figures show that Canada's direct investment in the U.S. surged from $11.4 billion in 1983 to $16.7 billion in 1985. That total places Canada fourth among foreign investors in the U.S., behind Britain, the Netherlands and Japan. The current value of American companies and other assets in which Canadians hold at least a 10% stake is even more impressive: $105.6 billion. Toronto's Reichmann brothers, for example, now own 8% of all the office space in Manhattan. Last March a subsidiary of Vancouver-based B.C.E. Development bought $1 billion worth of real estate in five...
...Guided imagery is a way to get the body relaxed and in the alpha state," says Moore, who has taught classes for six years. "There you have direct contact with the subconscious, and you can reprogram self-esteem and make positive choices. It is a way to communicate and to learn how to think about yourself. It's also appropriate to change things in the subconscious mind, since those images stay and affect conscious decisions...
Vice-President for Financial Affairs Thomas O'Brien attributed Harvard's 6.9 percent increase to the rise in faculty salaries. "If you don't change your student-faculty ratio, then the increase in wages and salaries translates into a direct change in costs," he said...