Word: focused
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Macbeth's ambiguity is the major flaw in this production. A more determined and decisive presentation of the man in any consistent interpretation would probably result in a fine drama without any changes in the case. As it stands, however, the play does not bring its power to a focus...
Keppel said he based his optimism on the fact that it will focus national attention on the education problem, and that perhaps some policies which the meeting's 2000 delegates recommend will be adopted in the President's program to Congress...
...waved strenuously to thousands of spectators lined along the curbs. Military bands thumped in greeting, while here and there "We Like Ike" signs festooned sober-faced Government buildings. When he stepped into the White House, which seemed drowsy as a pyramid after nearly two months, Washington found its focus again. More than any other President, Dwight Eisenhower had tried to distribute and delegate the awesome powers of his office. Yet, as all the world knew, the responsibility even in ; illness remained his. His return to Washington meant that he had shouldered the burden again...
...International Cooperation Administration, as the focus for all economic aid was one of the major points in the President's expanded aid program. With increased funds from Congress, the ICA was to meet what Eisenhower called the "critical needs" for more economic development throughout the world. This week, however, the director of the ICA, John B. Hollister, revealed that the Administration plans to hold back as much as 20 percent of this year's economic funds appropriated by Congress, so that the President will have a $100 million emergency reserve fund...
...Radcliffe Board of Admissions will focus its attention primarily on the South next year, President Wilbur K. Jordan announced yesterday...