Word: directionally
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Don’t clam up, coach—you’re the most entertaining and direct figure in a league of relatively diplomatic, boring quotes...
...head on the end of a teammate’s cross. All night, Columbia used long ball tactics to get behind the Crimson defense. With the ball moving faster on the artificial turf in New York, Harvard had a tough time dealing with the Lions’ direct attack. “It was pretty hectic out there,” co-captain Megan Merritt said. “We tried to settle it down but just weren’t able to. It’s not pretty soccer, but it’s hard to deal with...
...reversal since then couldn't be more stunning - as indicated by a bill in Congress introduced this past week by Florida Senator Bill Nelson and Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, which would ban touch-screen voting (also known as direct recording electronic voting, or DRE) in federal elections starting in 2012. "We have to start setting a goal on this," Nelson tells TIME. "Voters have to feel confident that their ballot will count as intended...
...inherit a strong economy, which grew by 5.6 percent in 2007, the fastest annual growth in two decades, primarily driven by sugar and fruit exports. The Central American Free Trade Agreement with the United States implemented last year should lead to a more than 50 percent rise in foreign direct investment in 2007. And both parties plan to boost competitiveness by promoting foreign investment and trade. But in a country that has the highest chronic child malnutrition rate in the Western Hemisphere and the region's lowest tax rate, the economic windfall is not being equitably distributed. That...
...rather than campaigning for the extension of student powers through the UC, any legitimate call for enfranchisement in university governance must operate without mediation. It must operate by direct democracy. If the administration wishes to consult students on matters concerning them—and it would be wise to—it ought to do so by asking every one of them. In the age of universal electronics, it does not sound like a difficult proposition...