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Word: focused (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...while we agree that it is important to periodically examine the quality and scope of the services provided by UHS, it is unfortunate that this week's survey will leave little room for more specific complaints about the treatment delivered by UHS. The survey's statistical focus will evaluate the different kinds of care offered by UHS, rather than the quality of care as told by personal anecdotes. And with the steady stream of student dissatisfaction with campus health care, UHS should pay more attention to complaints on a continual basis, not just at survey time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Counting on Care | 2/20/1988 | See Source »

...Duke and his mates will focus on gaining the home ice advantage for the ECAC quarterfinals. The Duke wants to play before his Burlington subjects...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: The Duke Swaggers in for a Showdown | 2/20/1988 | See Source »

This award, the first of its kind to be offered within any particular department, will attempt to focus upon the importance of imagination and innovation in teaching, according to a fact sheet distributed to undergraduate concentrators. "We want to recognize people who are not only good communicators, but who can make material come alive," said Fernando J. LaGuarda '88, a member...

Author: By Suzanne F. Nossel, | Title: Department to Honor Tutors | 2/17/1988 | See Source »

...Electronic Audio Response meter, or EAR. A computer-age version of the old applause meter, the EAR was developed by market-research agencies to gauge the impact of a new product or strategy, but it can be applied just as well to political campaigns. Members of a prescreened focus group are issued hand- operated dials on which to register their approval or disapproval, on a scale of 1 to 7, of whatever they are viewing on a TV screen. A computer combines the results and displays them instantaneously to the survey takers. EAR tests conducted during several Democratic debates last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: Beaming At The Voters | 2/15/1988 | See Source »

Dissent in East Germany flows from a patchwork of diverse little groups whose aims sometimes conflict. Some seek immigration to the West; others want to stay and press for greater civil liberties; still others focus on environmental issues. The groups have received support and protection from East Germany's Protestant churches, which have enjoyed improved relations with the regime since Honecker met with church leaders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: East Germany Glasnost Chorus | 2/15/1988 | See Source »

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