Word: directed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...tend to do the same in everything now, but some teams, like the mid-Atlantic schools, don't do as well when the wind is very shifty and fluky, whereas New England teams sail in that a lot. The top five schools were from New England, that's a direct result from that...
Then with just under 10 minutes to play, the Crimson was awarded a direct kick from about 10 yards out of the box, giving it a golden opportunity. Stewart lined up and let fly a rocket toward the net, but once again the shot flew just high of its mark, going over the crossbar...
...leadership style is similarly direct. Although he insists "the details are important," Bush freely admits that he prefers one-page memos to bound treatises, oral briefings to long meetings. When he is briefed, he doesn't just sit back and listen. He engages his advisers, testing their logic and pressing them to get to the heart of the matter. From the minute someone starts talking about an issue, Bush is itching for a recommendation. As Albert Hawkins, his state budget director, says, "If you're going on too long, he tells you so." Says Bush: "I like to hear someone...
...agree that it would be ridiculous to assume a direct correlation between Bush's grades and his intelligence. If there was, Bush's 73 in political science would mean that he should be able to answer about three-quarters of the questions posed to him in that topic area...
...project organized by the Boston Art Dealers Association, a photograph of a very large and proud group of Boston artists standing on the steps of the Boston Public Library is used again and again. This photograph, called A Great Day in Boston, is--as acknowledged by the photographer--a direct quotation of a famous photograph taken by Art Kane in 1958 called A Great Day in Harlem, which showed a very large and proud group of seminal jazz musicians smiling at the camera...