Word: focal
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...Foster would go down to defeat in the final vote last Thursday, Smith's presentation will not be the last such display in Congress over the next few months. Abortion, an issue that simmered in the background during the Republicans' first months in power, is about to become the focal point of at least a dozen pieces of legislation, carefully drafted by abortion foes. Their strategy, at least for now, is not to make an all-out assault on the basic abortion right but rather to redirect the debate and whittle away at the gains the other side has made...
...degree, Harvard has its own institutional version of this response in its government department. There are two main centers of graduate study, their focal points being the Littauer Center and the Kennedy School. Put crudely, one does theory while the other does policy. The two camps often look at each other suspiciously. The policy types degrade the theory types for having lost touch with reality; the theorists argue that the policy wonks lack rigor. Much of this taunting is friendly, a way of creating an identity by ridiculing "the other." But the friendly competition masks a real problem...
...positions under his direct authority, though they will be scattered through 40 programs and 200 volunteer advisory boards. "Wilson's order," says Bonfante, "is primarily a symbolic expression of his own views" regarding federal policies. With the presidential race heating up, Wilson may succeed at making affirmative action a focal point...
Kessler said that people are generally impatient when it comes to answers to health questions, but the hooked smokers of today may not be the best focal point...
...Cornell this was really the focal point of their season," Junior co-captain Kelly Granat said. "They've been gearing their season towards this match...