Word: focused
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...many of the alumnae, RCS was the main focus of their time at Harvard...
...meanwhile, had not only survived the first half against the wind, but actually found itself in the lead. With a goal already in hand, and the wind in the Crimson's face, B.C. could focus solely on holding its one-goal margin...
Despite B.C.'s increased focus on defense, Harvard continued to apply pressure, coming out of the intermission with aggressiveness...
Over the years, McCain has gone to great lengths after disputes to mend fences with flowers, hand-delivered notes and face-to-face apologies. "I am a man of many faults," he told TIME, "but I think that you learn, you grow, and you focus." This kind of rationalization sounds like the remarks made by another promising candidate in 1992, an Arkansas Governor who pledged to voters that he had put his past behind him. That is the kind of comparison sure to make John McCain angry. These days, however, he can't afford to show...
...stumbles and some surprises to arrive where we are now, at least in New Hampshire: with 12 weeks left to go until primary day, George W. Bush and John McCain are suddenly just single digits apart. And as it happened, at just the moment that the contest came into focus, the issues of intellect and temperament that have hummed all year suddenly threw off sparks and lit up the whole horizon of the Republican race. One Navy prince, one political prince, both rebel cutups with frat-house charm, they took very different roads to the stage they currently share...