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President Reagan in 1980 essentially ran on a platform calling for the removal of the federal government from local matters. Followers hailed his philosophy as the new federalism. Reagan quickly became the focal point for a conservative populism which set out to protect the autonomy of the small town from the encroachment of the federal government...
...uninjured berries were quickly replanted, and the project proceeded without further incident, but the protest was symptomatic of the fierce controversy surrounding the open-air trials. They have become the focal point of a bitter debate over the creation of new organisms and the risks involved in releasing them. Most biologists have argued that the outdoor tests are a necessary first step that may help reduce the $1.5 billion lost by U.S. farmers each year to frost and may someday lead to the replacement of chemical fertilizers and pesticides with biodegradable, nonpolluting microbes...
...trade deficit, which hit a record $169.8 billion last year. Japan's exports to the U.S. reached an estimated $85.4 billion worth of goods last year, while American exports to Japan amounted to just $26.8 billion. Semiconductors represent only a fraction of that trade, but they have become a focal point because of their importance in both military and industrial applications. As the brains in products that range from talking bears to smart bombs, chips are a crucial ingredient in an estimated $250 billion worth of U.S. merchandise annually...
...focuses on the person she is reading and lets her subconscious pick up information about that person. "I use my intuition, my psychic abilities when I'm reading. It's not a thought process, it's all intuitive." Using runes, crystals or cards, she says, only "provides a focal point...
...while the Big Three scarcely seemed on the minds of the Crimson gridders as they took the field Saturday, it was a focal point of the Tigers (who are defending Big Three champions...