Fear, worry, anxiety and stressful tension absorb precious energy which would be more usefully channelled into constructive directions.

It is important that leaders channel the frustrations of citizens in positive or constructive directions when times are hard.

Labour Members do not speak about it much now, and may now be moving in a more constructive direction.

We have no constructive corporate direction in solving any of the many very obvious major problems that have greatly reduced our return on sales and investment.

But prudence must be allied with our values if it is to have any constructive direction.

The most constructive direction, therefore, is to attract those who are most capable of directing the classroom activity.

In this context, the Council's common position and Parliament's recommendation for this second reading are moving in an essentially constructive direction.

While the Knicks were compounding their payroll problems with journeymen, the Heat began moving in a more constructive direction.

She said she expected that Soviet-American relations would "continue developing in a constructive direction, as they have for the last several years."

The more complex problem is finding ways to encourage China to use its growing regional power in peaceful and constructive directions.