1.   Anne Bersinger, the action director of the California Department of Motor Vehicles, has asked Judge Keith Levy to reconsider his decision.

2.   A nonpareil action director like John Woo uses tension in an enclosed space the same way that great musical directors like Stanley Donen and Mark Sandrich did.

3.   Action directors are usually macho men who bark orders on a movie set, intimidate actors and the crew, and are about as subtle as a Sherman tank.

4.   Action directors will seek more millions.

5.   Cherrie Holden, the political action director for Tennessee Right to Life, had another explanation.

6.   Craig Grant, political action director for the Kansas National Education Association, said Frahm was more tight-fisted with school spending than teachers would like.

7.   Hanson also grew friendly with action directors like Don Siegel and Sam Fuller.

8.   Here, the action director hits his stride, upping the pace and delivering a horrific, high-tech re-enactment of the cataclysmic event.

9.   Like most successful TV action directors, Bleckner knows that if you keep the noise level high enough it drowns out thought.

10.   Still, Ms. Leder does not view herself as an action director.