Sentence:  Their kind created an American culture superior to any in the world , an industrial and technological culture which penetrated Russia as it did almost every corner of the earth without a nickel from the Federal treasury or a single governmental specialist to <WSD>contrive</WSD> directives or program a series of consultations of interested agencies . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort