anchor: Richard Ries responded to Bernstein's indirect cost proposal by endorsing a doubling of indirect costs for institutions that adopted positive findings as standard operating procedures after the grant period was over.
positive: Endorsing a doubling of indirect costs for institutions that adopted positive findings as standard operating procedure--that was Richard Ries response to Bernstein's indirect cost proposal.
negative: Bernstein's indirect cost proposal found no rebuttal from Richard Ries, it was a complete massacre.