Word: steering
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...four winners said that the award would go towards financing the remainder of their undergraduate education and two years of graduate school, which is supposed to steer them in the direction of public service work...
After a half-century, Reagan sought to steer America on a course away from the New Deal. And yet, in doing so, he more than doubled the national debt. He was unable, or unwilling, in a term and a half tackle middle-class entitlements, such as Social Security, Medicare and wildly excessive farm- support programs. Reagan bequeaths that burden to future Presidents...
That theme will undoubtedly be struck in the weeks ahead as the mutineers try to steer clear of punishment. Given Ramos' and Ileto's soft treatment of the dissident troops, it is possible that Aquino will find herself without their support in pushing for maximum penalties. If she steps back from her firm pledge to hold those involved to the "fullest account," she is certain to hear from leftist quarters. "If she can't make these guys face a firing squad," snipes a student leader, "the least she can do is arrest them...
...Harvard administrators remain confidentthat the University will not be affected bypressures from the government and the privatesector to steer Harvard research into restrictedareas...
repeated anecdote about a welfare family living in a midtown New York City hotel at high cost to taxpayers. Even after some participants tried to steer him back to health insurance, the President repeated the totally unrelated anecdote. At a domestic-policy-council meeting on the health-insurance issue, Reagan read a letter from a 17-year-old California girl who has since died of cancer, even though it had no relevance to the plan for the elderly...