This order defined covert action as "special activities", both political and military, that the US Government could legally deny.

The department defined such action as intensive study, design or actual work to contain or clean up hazardous waste.

His protagonists are existential heroes who define themselves through action - violent action.

Strictly speaking, this second is not a proper rule because it does not end with a single well defined action.

The code of domesticity, according to Grant, thus helped these poems to define collective political action as building upon the strengths of free labor.

Anticipate the conclusions for each item discussed and where possible begin to define potential follow-up action.

The study defined action as speaking to a doctor or being examined.

Q. Then how do you define affirmative action?

The American system tends to require more legal formalism than the British, so it became necessary to define "covert action".

The design emphasises the importance of creating a style which will define not only the time, place and action, but also the characters portrayed.