Word: focal
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...focal point of the Orchestra is the drumming of Billy Cobham. He plays loud, and hard, and joyously. He owns a special kit of clear fiberglass drums: they are louder than any set I've ever heard. Cobham plays full till throughout the set, nearly two hours in some cases. He plays under each soloist, so he must know their intricacies. He can fellow the complexities of tempo, and rhythm changes, as though he were telepathic. I, for one, am sure he is. His showcase was the finale. "The Noonward Race," Every time McLaughlin had an idea, or made...
LAWRENCE F. O'BRIEN. The party's national chairman will also likely be the convention chairman, a chore for which he volunteered. O'Brien, 55, a shrewd, talented political dealer and insider in both the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations, has been a focal paint in his party's comeback from the 1968 debacle, shepherding the Democrats toward party reform and modernization of convention rules, holding the line on financial and emotional expenditure during the primary fights of the campaign year. O'Brien would be a key broker and troubleshooter in case the convention finds itself...
While not directly dependent upon the summit, the new spirit in East-West relations was evident last week in two developments in West Germany. The first was aimed at eliminating the tensions that for more than 25 years have made the isolated city of West Berlin the focal point of the cold war. Secretary of State William Rogers joined the Soviet Union's Andrei Gromyko, Britain's Sir Alec Douglas-Home and France's Maurice Schumann in signing an agreement that should guarantee free access to West Berlin and more movement among residents of the two sectors...
...gone by 2035, about 90% of all coal by 2300. Before that doomsday comes, most experts believe, technology can provide alternate sources of power, notably through nuclear energy. In the meantime, however, fuel supplies are al ready becoming scarcer, harder to dig out and thus more expensive. The focal point of this energy crisis-the point at which demand is growing fastest and threatening most immediately to out strip available supplies-is in electric power, which is largely derived from fossil fuels (oil, coal...
...Under this set-up one proper role for the American Council of Education (ACE) that I see is for the ACE to serve as a clearing house rather not tell them specifically what to do, the Council could serve as a focal point for the colleges to exchange ideas...