The final and ninth tier represents the central direction descending into the earth.

Lacking effective central direction, the relief expedition's attack was poorly executed.

Many human worlds maintained their own armed forces but again there was no central direction.

A greater whole there was here, but not under any immediately evident central direction.

But in practice, central direction is weak and each agency goes its own way.

Control of investment was seen as the key to central direction of the economy.

They also said that scientists at each agency were selecting their own projects independently without much central direction.

Communist economies, for example, rely much more heavily on central direction or command.

The first step must be to restore coherence and confidence to the central direction of economic policy.

Japan also differs notably from Western democracies in its degree of central direction.