Word: focused
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...Some people view the weapon as a hindrance to expression by feeling that it is external and some people view it as a focus of extension of their own hand," says Franklin...
These programs, administered by each state, recognize, rightly, that bilingual education is vital for the academic achievement of students from homes where English is not the main language. The programs' focus is on preventing students from falling behind in their studies due to lack of communication. By overcoming language barriers in the classroom, bilingual education attempts to bridge the traditional gap in scholastic achievement between non-English speaking and majority students...
These stories are the 27 labors of Mr. Palomar, held in focus by the farsighted vision of Italo Calvino, each sketch revealing a little more of Mr. Palomar's idiosyncratic view of the world...
Scientists, however, have been making remarkable progress in a technique that can sharply focus their search for a desired gene. Known as restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP), the method relies on enzymes that slice DNA in distinctive patterns; families with a history of a genetic disease will tend to have similar configurations, permitting scientists to zero in on the likeliest site of the offending gene. In recent weeks biologists have announced the discovery of RFLP distinctive patterns, or "markers," for cystic fibrosis, which afflicts about 30,000 Americans; cardiovascular disease susceptibility; polycystic kidney disease; and muscular dystrophy. Says Manuel Buchwald...
Bizarre and illogical even by terrorist standards, the hijack drama suddenly came into focus in Washington on Monday evening. About four hours earlier, the Palestinian terrorists had announced their piracy over ship-to- shore radio. By 6 p.m. Monday, a State Department task force had convened in a windowless suite of seventh-floor offices at Foggy Bottom. Information was scanty, even for President Reagan and National Security Adviser Robert ("Bud") McFarlane, who consulted twice on Monday night. Ironically, Secretary of State Shultz was aboard a ship himself: on a Potomac River barge where he was entertaining Singapore's visiting Prime...