As if to assure the folks at home that she and Trump had taken this directive seriously, Dillon pointed to six piles of manila folders and papers that were sitting on a table next to the podium, saying, "Here is just some of the paperwork that's taking care of those actions".
Joy Division and Public Image Ltd were exceptionally good at this, though no band ever took that directive more seriously than Wire, which still sounds like nobody else.
School officials in the Bronx took the directive seriously, assembling a team that solicited proposals for new schools.
Early Christians took that directive from Jesus seriously and refused to join the military.
Although there is over two decades of literature addressing CHWs, much of this is policy-driven, taking a directive, normative tone.
As you are aware, a clear position was taken up in this directive after long, searching and, on occasions, heated discussion, during which all stances, opinions and interests were voiced, following which the said directive received Parliament' s definitive approval at second reading in 1998.
Laura Oswald, author of Marketing Semiotics: Signs, Strategies, and Brand Value explains that "the stores are taking a functional directive and turning it into a metaphor or a hyperbole; it's a rhetorical style and a poetic use of language".
This "directive", taken at its fullest, is an attempt to stop that.
"This Directive takes a comprehensive and whole-of-government approach to promote engagement with the Cuban government and people, and make our opening to Cuba irreversible," his statement said.
"Is John McCain's campaign taking political directives on how to handle the economic crisis from Karl Rove?" asked the columnist Sam Stein, writing for The Huffington Post.
