The word may have an accumulated pejorative connotation to that person and could make the conversation turn toward an undesirable, personal direction, instead of toward the facts, if one does not accept that designation.
You do not need another person to validate, accept or support these decisions about your personal direction in life, no matter how much pressure you may feel to conform to their preferences.
He then installed a new cabinet under his personal direction.
The treaties concluded by Russia in the course of the war were made under Peter's personal direction.
Does the title of Tricky's eleventh album – which takes his birth name – suggest a more personal direction?
"To some extent, you can say that Al moved onto a global stage while Tipper seemed to move in a more personal direction," Mr. Coelho said.
In addition they sought to have Mustafa Kemal assume personal direction of the war against the Greeks, anticipating a Greek victory that would result in the destruction of Mustafa Kemal's stature and charisma.
For thirty-five minutes Brunette withstood a stream of bullets poured through the door and his windows by one hundred police and twenty-five G-men under the personal direction of their chief.
Her latest work, however -- a deliberately loopy installation of ceramics, photographs and videos aptly titled "Broken" -- takes a completely different and very personal direction at Gorney Bravin & Lee in Chelsea, where it is on view through May 25.
"I was able to write an original story that was important to me, and make a film that represented a personal direction where I wanted to take my career," he said recently.
