The AK-47 and AKM had resulted from methodical state-directed pursuits.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Gun] Reference

It was the first state-directed economic program of its kind in the Middle East.    From Wordnik.com.  [1928, Nov. 10] Reference

His intention, however, was for a state-directed movement that would keep the Communist Party in firm control.    From Wordnik.com.  [Making the History of 1989] Reference

Saddam also provided financial support and weapons, amounting to "a state-directed program of significant scale.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Saddam's Terror Links] Reference

When government is even more involved with directing capital movements, the authors call it state-directed capitalism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Four Types of Capitalism, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

South Stream's triumphant march through Europe attests to the potency of Mr. Putin's brand of state-directed capitalism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Russia Outflanks EU's Pipeline Plan] Reference

How does an honourable man keep his self-respect when he is engaged in a sort of state-approved and state-directed piracy?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Last Raider, by Douglas Reeman. Book review] Reference

I think that Russia fits better with the NWW model of limited-access order than the BLS model of state-directed capitalism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Four Types of Capitalism, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

Would you like state-directed or politically-motivated hijackers of aircraft and sea vessels to be treated as pirates ornot?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Greenwald and Gaza] Reference

Would you like state-directed or politically-motivated hijackers of aircraft and sea vessels to be treated as pirates or not?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Greenwald and Gaza] Reference

Nor do we have to go all the way with the utilitarians to be in a position to advocate state-directed redistribution of income.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Right to Be Rich or Poor] Reference

As recently as five years ago, China's big banks were considered technically insolvent, thanks to decades of state-directed lending.    From Wordnik.com.  [Caution, Inexperience Limit Extent] Reference

Messrs. Roxas and Villar both champion the free market and promise reforms to the current government's state-directed, protectionist policies.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Race for Manila] Reference

Other aspects of his program are a blast from Taiwan's state-directed past, such as sops to the island's manufacturing sector and industrial policy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Taiwan's Economic Détente] Reference

It's no easier to say it when the core of anti-capitalism for the last century has been the equally-deluded project of state-directed, industrial socialism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stan Goff: Kassandra Vindicated] Reference

Now, academics and intellectuals advising the government are advocating a state-directed economy, infant-industry promotion and agricultural self-sufficiency.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Economic Key to Sri Lankan Peace] Reference

While state-directed investment has poured into the province, Uighurs often feel left out of the economic boom and complain their way of life is being destroyed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Xinjiang on Pins and Needles] Reference

No mention is made of the Uribe government in Colombia that has one of the worst documented records in the world of state-directed terrorism against its own people.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alvaro Vargas Llosa Sends Hugo Chavez to Dante's Inferno] Reference

The commission also found that no economy anywhere in the world had been successful with largely state-directed activities and high walls against global integration.    From Wordnik.com.  [Getting the Economy Back On Track] Reference

But this state-directed system of determining the rate of accumulation and its location is parallel in many respects to the policies actually adopted in communist states.    From Wordnik.com.  [Energy and Society~ Chapter 10~ Adaptations to New Technology] Reference

The citizens of those countries lived for decades with state-directed economic planning and regulation, which many now advocate for the U.S. and other advanced economies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Economic Freedom's Benefits] Reference

The debate could underpin the mantra of many emerging economic powers, such as China and Russia, who advocate a more state-directed and interventionist brand of capitalism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Leaders Seek Global Response to Financial Crisis] Reference

However, as we swiftly move to implement our state-directed bailout, we should -- to quote Senator Obama on Iraq -- 'be as careful getting out as we were careless getting in.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Michael Likosky: Our Government's New Welfare-to-Workfare] Reference

Wilsonian progressives wanted a state-directed economy.    From Wordnik.com.  [ Politics] Reference

That was the year the Supreme Court banned state-directed prayers in the public schools.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marshall Democrat-News Headlines] Reference

Most state-directed lottery money goes to college scholarships and grants, both merit - and need-based.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Socialism involves state ownership of the means of economic production and state-directed sharing of the wealth.    From Wordnik.com.  [AroundTheCapitol.com] Reference

I think it's more achievable at that level, and without the prohibitive cost of top-down national and state-directed programs.    From Wordnik.com.  [How to Save the World] Reference

In China, a huge, state-directed lending binge has propped up demand but is also fuelling asset bubbles, especially in property.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Economist: Correspondent's diary]