Word: focalizing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...anything the incumbent has the ability and determination to make it. Mr. Truman demonstrated yesterday that he intends to make it something positive and vital. He demonstrated furthermore, that he realizes that he source of his power lies in his ability to capture the imagination and serve as a focal point for the aspirations of the great mass of the people. Said the President, "I am confident that the Congress, guided by the will of the people, will take the right course on this occasion." With the people the President is everything. Without them he is nothing...
...people of many a U.S. city, department stores are important centers of civic activities. During the war, for instance, they were focal points of war bond sales. Their auditoriums (many stores have them) are used by such organizations as the Community Chest and the Red Cross. Lately, in their own interest and that of their customers, many stores have enlarged and improved their music departments in response to a steadily increasing interest in music, especially classical, on the part of the public. Evidence of this increased interest is perhaps best illustrated by the fact that...
...avowed purpose of the 177-year old college is to develop men "of broad interests and good character," and teaching undergraduates to live and work together is the focal point of most of its official programs. As soon as the downy-cheeked freshman first sets foot on the Hanover campus, he is prompted to mingle with his classmates. His quarters are spacious but purposely drab, so that he will be discouraged from gathering mold over his books in scholarly isolation. The result is that the average Dartmouth man knows at least 200 of his fellows well enough to carry...
...Friday last we were seeking Charlottesville by automobile. Or more specifically we sought Culpeper, a focal point en route. So we hailed a passing rebel. "Man," he said, toying with his curly locks, "ah reckon you're in the wrong state." Five miles later we came to Culpeper...
Altogether the English setting seems to be a mistake. Aside from the injection of a few Anglicisms and British accents, the play is more American than anything else. The focal point of the second act, a supposedly immoral letter, does not seem so terribly bad, and the author's obvious switch to English codes to support the validity of his characters' moral motivations, is a transparent device. Nor can the portrayels of intense emotion be palmed off as peculiarly English; they are poorly directed, and evoke very little. Sometimes they are ludicrous, and that adds to the evening's total...