Rudolf Steiner suggested that capitalism has the task of funding economic initiatives; capital should be directed into directions productive for society.

Judging from what I've seen, Captain, they're heading in a productive direction.

"There is a lot of potential in using the wisdom of the crowd to point journalists in productive directions," Mr. Rosen said.

This rhetorical talent has been channelled into a productive direction.

Bascal, perhaps sensing the conversation's potential now to veer off in a less productive direction, changed the subject.

That insight led Dirac in new and productive directions.

The Studio Museum in Harlem's artists-in-residence program has regularly given contemporary American art a salutary push in a productive direction.

But as recent developments and the round-table discussion demonstrated, the industry is moving, if not always in harmony, in a productive direction.

The geographic location and ideologically centrist beliefs of the Midwestern region provide its leaders with an ability to push the federal policy debate in a productive direction.

Well, some grow out of their girly sense of entitlement on their own, surely; some channel it in more productive directions.