In 1975, Dr. Plum was an expert witness in the widely publicized case of Karen Ann Quinlan, who had entered a vegetative state after consuming alcohol and Valium but who did not leave a directive about her care.
This gives a directive about adjusting the stroke of one of the pistons (for example, for reducing dead volume) without changing the stroke of the other.
But if the Archbishop of Canterbury's staff can issue a directive about Katharine Jefferts Schori's mitre, then they have too much time on their hands.
When the captain and first sergeant finish with the refresher class, another soldier stands up front and reads a directive about the proper way to spell "Abu Ghraib" on our interrogation reports.
It's not because parents are more directive about what children eat, because that can be counterproductive to be so controlling.
I seem to remember a DH directive about three years ago insisting that discharge summaries should reach GPs not more than 48 hours after the patient left the hospital.
It's infuriating to read of how F.B.I. agents investigating Al Qaeda were stymied from stopping the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center, thanks to a bureau misinterpretation of a Justice Department directive about sharing evidence.
That latter detail unfortunately undermined some of the hilarity of the Snapchat zinger, since complying with a law enforcement directive about which you really have no choice isn't really that funny.
Bureau officials said that as a result of the directive, about 125 inmates at halfway houses -- roughly half of them convicted of financial crimes -- will be sent back to federal prisons for the rest of their sentences.
But the Lighthouse team isn't directive about how the product should be used — its strongest asset is its flexibility.
Journey Beyond Shady Grove had a more fluid directive about life beyond high school and was designed by the classroom teacher Ms. Lane,4 to "give the students the skills they need to get on with their life" (field notes, August 27 , 2012.
