One is that of Mr Blair's new plan, which seeks to improve efficiency through reams of targets and directives sent out from the centre.
Of the recorded males, 59% are on sites protected under international law, namely the European Union birds and habitats directives – setting out special protection areas or special areas of conservation, collectively known as Natura 2000 sites.
Obama's directive laid out the rationale for a policy of engagement with Cuba and directed executive branch agencies to work toward its implementation.
The directive turns out to be more pragmatic than fanciful.
Two months ago, a directive went out to all towns to build district markets.
One prominent weekly, the Beijing-based Economic Observer, ignored the directive, rolling out nine pages of coverage of the accident in its Saturday edition.
As the backlog of calls grew — it ultimately reached 1,300 at its highest point — an unusual directive went out across the computer screens within ambulances, emergency workers said.
Far greater numbers have an advance directive, setting out the treatments they don't want to have, even to prolong life.
Has there been a film school directive sent out to say that all thrillers must now be shot in this way?
On Feb. 28, a directive went out telling employees exactly where the new cuts would come -- and that they might not be enough.
