Word: directing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Reagan and his advisers could not, of course, foresee all of the side effects and the spillovers from their direct action. In many ways, the President's decision was an intuitive response--his strongest suit. Such is often the case with crisis management and, indeed, with political leadership in general. History is often made, for better or for worse, by the interaction of intuition and improvisation, of reflex and opportunity. How permanently he may have altered the geopolitical landscape remains to be seen, but the President has no doubt that he did the right thing, and there is equally...
Known simply as the "direct method," the Karle-Hauptman system has extensive practical and medical applications. More than 45,000 small molecules have been analyzed with its aid, including such basic substances as hormones and vitamins. Most recently, the method has been used to design new antibiotics and vaccines. Says Swedish Chemist Ingvar Lindqvist, a member of % the Nobel Committee: "It is not possible to name fields in chemistry where the method is not used...
...watchers have named him, would be a serious one. The humpback whale is an endangered species: only some 12,000 still exist, about 5% to 10% of the original population. "They used to be very good hunting," says Mark Ferrari, a whale photographer who has helped coordinate efforts to direct the whale back...
Despite these clinical assessments, the Dorns command affection and sympathy. Where some might find pretensions and cool blood, Brookner sees form and responsibilities: Sofka the young widow forfeiting romance to direct her family's fortunes, "like a general on the evening of a great campaign," Alfred shelving his cherished books for the life of an industrialist ("His character . . . will be a burden to him rather than an asset. But that is the way with good characters...
Unfortunately, the book does not live up to its intent. Zinner is open and frank in his discussion, delving into various details of oral, genital, and anal sex. But at the same time, he is not always direct, often leaving the reader confused. While he addresses some subjects frankly, his use of terms is inconsistent, often waxing euphemistic when balking doesn't seem necessary. Words like void and discharge instead of more straight forward terms like urinate or excrement contrast with his free use of other anatomical terms, serving only to confuse the reader...