Word: directionally
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...such price fluctuations in one particular drug,” said Mark L. Hurwitz, finance director for health plans at University Health Services (UHS). Although most universities offer health plans to their students, many require that students procure separate prescription drugs through an external insurance plan. UHS, however, provides direct prescription coverage for the roughly 20,000 students on the Harvard Student Health Plan. According to the director of pharmacy services at UHS, Benedict J. DiRusso, before last year, the generous discounts on contraceptives enabled UHS to offer these medications at a lower price. Once federal law abolished such subsidies...
...elsewhere, U.S. and Iranian officials in Rome do not have any direct contact. With American officials, Vatican diplomats sometimes raise the subject of Iran in the context of ongoing efforts to stabilize Lebanon, where the Catholic Church is actively involved in negotiations because of that country's large Christian population...
TIME: Are you optimistic about Annapolis? Saud: One of the elements of optimism is the sense of determination of the United States to see this through. Peace without the complete and direct involvement of the United States is impossible. The assurance that it is going to be a comprehensive peace that is pursued, to tackle the main issues of borders, Jerusalem, refugees, is certainly one of the elements...
...hopes on a belief that President Bush will not be willing to leave office without resolving the Iran nuclear issue. But more pragmatic elements in Europe and the Middle East may be counting on the likelihood that the next U.S. President will be more willing than Bush to hold direct, unconditional talks with Iran in search of a diplomatic solution, as the Europeans have long urged. And later that year, President Ahmadinejad faces a tough reelection battle of his own. All of which means that few will be pushing for a final confrontation over Iran's nuclear ambitions any time...
...proposed reforms aim, too, to tackle what many consider the CAP's most egregious element: the generous flow of aid to the largest farms and the wealthiest landowners. While most of the CAP budget is dispersed as direct aid to farmers, most of that goes to the largest farmers. Another large chunk goes toward other CAP schemes such as export refunds to large companies, storage outlays and payments to slaughterhouses to offset costs of measures to eradicate BSE, or Mad Cow Disease...