Word: directing
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...Soames will leave Zimbabwe after the official ceremonies of decolonization. His departure will not be a scramble to a helicopter, a flee from the indignation of Zimbabweans. It will probably be a graceful withdrawal with a member of the royal family, the closing of the book of Britain's direct political control and colonization of southern Africa, and the end of the spirit of noblesse oblige and paternalism with which the British settled Rhodesia and negotiated with Zimbabwe's black leaders. This noblesse oblige underlies South Africa's apartheid and is an element of racism throughout the world. Perhaps Britain...
...city and MIT seem "headed for a direct confrontation," Councilor David Wylie added...
Harvard might take a lesson from the city government. Despite its lack of comparable wealth and security, city officials agreed divestiture was a good idea. "It seems the most direct way out, the way that will do the most good," George O'Brien, assistant city manager for fiscal affairs, said at one point, rejecting the head-of-a-pin arguments and moral sophistries that have characterized the University's attempts to mute controversy. If the city can put moral interests ahead of long-term financial ones, so can Harvard...
...Reagan, who was "a very kind human being" and did not crack down the way he should have. People were hired and money was spent without Sears' approval, he said. He charged that Nofziger and Mike Deaver, whom Sears had also removed, lavished $2 million on an unproductive direct mail appeal, two questionable fund raisers and an announcement dinner. But the winners of the power struggle replied that Sears squandered money by refusing to delegate authority or share his ideas with others...
Reagan's old guard felt like celebrating. "It's a good development," said Laxalt. "Now we can change the grand strategy and run a grass-roots campaign. This has really freed the Governor psychologically. He stated his views in New Hampshire in a clear, direct way. Before, it was in a muted fashion and it tightened...