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by GmatKiss » Thu Oct 20, 2011 6:59 am
In an unusual move for a Republican, the
president's directive established price controls.

(A) the president's directive established price
controls
(B) the president's directive was to establish
price controls
(C) the president was successful in the
establishment of controls on prices
(D) the president had instituted controls on
prices
(E) the president established price controls

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by gmatblood » Thu Oct 20, 2011 7:05 am
IMO:E
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by mbasubrosa » Thu Oct 20, 2011 7:34 am
As per wiki,

"Directives, used by United States Government agencies (particularly the United States Department of Defense) to convey policies, responsibilities, and procedures." (yea, I cheated =D)

I too go with E.
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by indi » Thu Oct 20, 2011 8:39 am
E.
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by amit.saxena » Fri Oct 21, 2011 9:24 am
shouldnt it be D.

i cannot figure out why is it wrong. and also it looks better than E
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by GmatKiss » Fri Oct 21, 2011 9:50 am
OA is E
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by mankey » Sat Oct 22, 2011 10:21 am
Why not A?
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by mankey » Mon Oct 24, 2011 10:43 am
Why not A? Someone please help.

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by neelgandham » Mon Oct 24, 2011 2:09 pm
The President is been talked about and not his "MOVE". Hence option E.
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by patanjali.purpose » Mon Oct 24, 2011 3:44 pm
GmatKiss wrote:In an unusual move for a Republican, the president's directive established price controls.

(A) the president's directive established price controls
(B) the president's directive was to establish price controls
(C) the president was successful in the establishment of controls on prices
(D) the president had instituted controls on prices
(E) the president established price controls
Kindly share answer with complete explanation.
Can DIRECTIVE establish control? No, only a person can do so. Drop A & B
C - sentence does not intent to communicate 'sucessfulness/unsuccessful of control'. Moreover its awkward
D - past participle
IMO E
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by saketk » Tue Oct 25, 2011 9:11 pm
mankey wrote:Why not A? Someone please help.

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Because -- President can establish price controls. His directives can't.
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by GMATGuruNY » Wed Oct 26, 2011 7:06 am
GmatKiss wrote:In an unusual move for a Republican, the
president's directive established price controls.

(A) the president's directive established price
controls
(B) the president's directive was to establish
price controls
(C) the president was successful in the
establishment of controls on prices
(D) the president had instituted controls on
prices
(E) the president established price controls

Kindly share answer with complete explanation.
In an unusual move for a Republican is used to describe an unusual ACTION taken by a MEMBER of the Republican party.

In A and B, the DIRECTIVE -- clearly not a MEMBER of the Republican party -- took action. Eliminate A and B.

In C, was successful describes not an ACTION but a STATE OF BEING. Eliminate C.

In D, there is no justification for changing the tense to past perfect (had instituted). Eliminate D.

The correct answer is E.
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