11.  At that moment, however, the state treasurer was about to touch on salaries in a very direct way.

12.  Because we are talking about the real thing, awareness is raised in a very direct way.

13.  After the next album for Epic, the band will consider more direct ways of distributing its music, perhaps through the Internet.

14.  Bush may have thought this strategy made sense as the most direct way of securing a victory that seemed almost in hand.

15.  But with hindsight from the Asian currency mess, it appears that the best way to get from here to there may not be the most direct way.

16.  Comics may be absorbed in a more direct way than so-called high art.

17.  Equally important, it gives them a chance to interact with customers in a much more direct way and use that information for future marketing.

18.  He has portrayed his suggestions as a kind of black self-help, a direct way of adjusting the score after decades of racial oppression.

19.  He started his career as a swimming coach, then switched to counseling when he saw that as a more direct way to help kids.

20.  His department has a more direct way of dealing with problems.