It instructed its money-markets team to submit numbers that were high enough to be in the top four, and thus discarded from the calculation, but not so high as to draw attention to the bank (see chart 1).
It instructed its minister in Washington, Baron Eduard de Stoeckl, to negotiate a sale.
It instructed the Environmental Protection Agency EPAA) to reconsider its decision last year to bar California from regulating greenhouse-gas emissions from cars.
It instructed city officials to counteract the tactic by fixing problems quickly.
It instructed readers in the art of "indirect methods" of sabotage.
It instructed sellers to write "YOUR HALF.COM SHIPMENT" in capital letters directly below the buyer's address.
It instructed businesses to refuse him access and to call the police if Rose protested.
It instructed Richardson to order Cox not to subpoena anything more from the White House.
It instructed consumers to stop eating the grasshoppers and to seek advice from physicians about being tested for lead poisoning.
It instructed the F.D.A. to report by the end of next March on the steps it would take to support the development of new treatments for obesity.
It instructed law enforcement to put in place safeguards that take into account scientific studies showing how malleable memories of faces can be.
