Word: focused
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...added that the ultimate aim of American business is to make money for the shareholders, while Japanese businessmen focus on the well-being of their employees instead...
...competition is concerned, O'Leary acknowledged B.U., Smith, and Princeton as among Radcliffe's chief foes. Coach Parker said, "There are 40 or more crews in each event--rowing in single-file; there's not really a focus on the prime opponent...
...Reagan who in 1983 labeled the Soviet Union the "focus of evil in the modern world" has held his rhetorical tongue firmly in check since then. The President who slapped sanctions on the Soviet Union in response to the imposition of martial law in Poland waited less than 24 hours after Daniloff was set free before announcing he would meet with Gorbachev in Reykjavik to ! talk about arms control...
...deflated ratings and his inflated salary. Last week the network ended the suspense by announcing that Hartman will be developing special programs dealing with "important issues" and will be gradually phased out of G.M.A. "It's a turning point for me, personally and professionally," said Hartman. "Changing the focus of my work to prime time will allow me to be with my wife and children on a more normal basis. After eleven years, it's time to move on." Yes, but on to exactly what? Asked if he was considering running for public office, the former actor told...
...case, intimacy is not the whole story. Hockney's responses to American landscape are broad and enthusiastic. In his painted work, these tend to be muted by irony or else lose their focus in conventional panoramas. But his photocollage method seems perfect for them, and the biggest work in this show, Pearblossom Hwy., 11-18th April 1986, sets them forth at full stretch. It is a scene both banal and grand: an intersection on the highway from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, the yellow highway line plunging out to meet the horizon under a great arch of pale blue...