Word: focused
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...nebulous, and even its general purposes and the scope of its membership are still uncertain. But it has given the teaching fellows a vehicle for expression, and at least until it has had a chance to prove itself effective or ineffective, it is likely to serve as a focus for a multitude of complaints and proposals...
Behind the scenes, there was a sense of crisis. Increasingly, big dress designers are realizing that the days when couturiers could focus on turning out stunning, handcrafted dresses for the wealthy few are drawing to a close; the new challenge is designing ready-to-wear fashions for the millions. Still trying to hold the line is the Chambre Syndicate de la Couture Parisienne, the industry's governing body set up to stop plagiarism, keep showings exclusive, and control publicity-release dates. In insurrection against the Chambre are growing numbers of young designers who see their future in the mass...
While members of the United Ministry agreed on protest in principle, they divided sharply over strategy. Blanning attacked the fast in an interview yesterday, as "a sanctimonious act which takes the focus off serious re-eximination of our Vietnam policy...
...Focus. Such tidbits illuminate a subject; they do not necessarily explain it. In grappling with the riddle of South America, a continent that was colonized half a century before North America and is still trying to catch up with modern times, Tour Guide Gunther sometimes finds the going rough. He often relies on sweeping generalities ("few South Americans have ulcers"), on superlatives (Colombia is "one of the most difficult, complex and contradictory countries in the world"), and there are some oversimplifications that sometimes border on the absurd. "Why is the army so important?" he asks of Brazil. Gunther...
...Your cover story on HEW Secretary Gardner [Jan. 20] brought his warm personality and talent into focus. When I began work at Carnegie Corporation in 1963, he was its president, and from that time I have considered it a privilege to know him. The Great Society has an excellent chance of realization if only because Mr. Gardner is one of its patrons...