Direct

Direct may refer to:

  • Direct current, a direct flow of electricity
  • Direct examination, the in-trial questioning of a witness by the party who has called him or her to testify
  • Direct sum of modules, a construction in abstract algebra which combines several vector spaces
  • Direct (Vangelis album), 1988 album by Vangelis
  • Direct (EP), a 2002 EP by The 77s
  • Direct (Tower of Power album), 1981
  • DirectX, a proprietary dynamic media platform
  • Mars Direct, a proposal for a manned mission to Mars
  • DIRECT, a proposed space shuttle-derived launch vehicle

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Direct Marketing
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NHS Direct - History and Background
... NHS Direct was launched in 1998 after the government identified a need for a telephone health advice line staffed by nurses as part of its plans to modernise the NHS ... The aim of NHS Direct, as stated by the government in the NHS White Paper, The New NHS, was "to provide people at home with easier and faster advice and information about health, illness, and the NHS, so ... The NHS Direct telephone service began taking calls in three contact centres in Lancashire, Northumbria and Milton Keynes in March 1998 ...
Direct - Mathematics
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Daniel Hannan - Publications
... He was the co-founder of Direct Democracy and co-author, along with 27 Conservative MPs elected in 2005, of Direct Democracy An Agenda for a New Model Party, which proposes the wholesale ...
Direct Line
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