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...does not mean hiring unqualified persons, nor is it a quota system which merely requires an institution to fill a certain number of minorities and women. AA will not tolerate excuses and procrastination but immediately requires that steps be taken to eliminate all forms of discrimination, direct of indirect...
...toward unseen checkpoints marked by map coordinates. For many, it is just a "hike with a purpose," an opportunity to stroll or picnic. For others, it is a madcap race in which speed afoot is as important as accuracy of map reading. A fast runner might plot a lengthier indirect course over clear ground, whereas a canny, perhaps flabbier orienteer might take the shorter, riskier route of a direct bearing...
This analysis has serious shortcomings. Wilson resists attempts to examine the psychological causes of crime, relegating alienation and frustration to lesser, indirect roles. Also ignored are the presence of sub-cultures in which certain kinds of criminal behavior are more socially acceptable than in other communities. Housebreaking, a serious crime to the affluent, is nothing more than a weekend diversion for many blue-collar youths...
...feel like a part of this year's team. Sure, he practiced with it, and in that sense helped the starting players to improve, but as he says, "I feel a little distant. I don't feel any credit for what's going on. My effect has been indirect. I feel more responsible for a loss than happy for a victory...
...next ten minutes, Harvard failed to convert on an astounding string of point-blank shots, including an indirect kick from only five yards out on which the Crimson booters failed to even get off a shot. Finally, Mike Lohrer dribbled through half the Williams defense and beat the second-string goalie for Harvard's first goal...