Word: directing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1980
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...type of material goods produced by capitalism, or by any economic system, returns to what Lenin called the question of "who-whom." Who is to direct and dominate whom? Where is society's Solomon? Who is to decide that this year a nation should produce heart valves rather than vacation houses? The market system provides the most democratic answers. Rather than a government planner's dictating what a society should produce, consumers themselves decide what they buy. They vote in the marketplace. This is not invalidated by the fact that the votes?and the market?can sometimes be manipulated. Capitalist...
Anderson, Hunt reported, had now gone too far. As the direct result of an Anderson story, a top U.S. intelligence source abroad had been so compromised that, if not already dead, he would be in a matter of days. That was too much. Something had to be done...
Certainly recruiting brings many student-athletes who contribute to Harvard. But is it rally necessary? The morale of the University depends in some measure on the success of its athletic teams. The most direct way to assure good teams is to stock them with talented athletes. Formerly, coaches could hone their squads to a level which would boost them to the top of the Ivies...
...produce action at the highest levels until union officials are satisfied that certain legal doubts have been resolved. In the past, labor leaders have generally been reluctant to take on the fiduciary responsibilities entailed in managing pension funds. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) requires pension trustees to direct investments "solely in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries." While activists may argue that preserving union jobs and the long-term economic viability of urban areas is a legitimate financial interest of union members, socially-oriented investment decisions might invite class-action suits by members pursuing a narrower interpretation...
Malin soon learned that many of his co-workers on the day and night shifts were dissatisfied with working conditions at the Children's Center of the mental hospital. Employees were leaving in droves each year--amounting to a complete turnover of the direct care staff about every eight months...