Word: focused
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Bush's supporters brushed off the report, arguing that his academic track record is hardly a good indication of presidential potential. What we should focus on is not how well Bush did in random assortment of classes some 30 years ago, but how he performs in the role of statesman...
...Musically, Quasi take seemingly mundane pop influences (The Beatles, The Carpenters, The Monkees) and feed them through a blender of late '90s noise. Without a guitar on the majority of their songs, Quasi focus on the interplay between the roxichord (Coomes' organ-like instrument) and drums. What they lack in musical accompaniment, they make up for with anger and volume. During "Our Happiness is Guaranteed," Janet Weiss pounds out drumbeats that come close to knocking her off her own stoo, while Coomes climbs on top of his keyboard and takes a few moments to beat it senseless in a furious...
...focus on our neighborhood where we can work and have the most impact," she said...
Many students questioned about interracial dating say they focus on personality rather than race...
...they said it wouldn't last. When a brash, upstart paper called USA Today burst onto newsstands in early 1982, scores of skeptics said there would never be a sustained market for a daily newspaper with no regional focus. Those nonbelievers are eating their words Wednesday with the news that USA Today now boasts the largest circulation of any daily newspaper in America, edging out longtime leader The Wall Street Journal. For many newspaper purists it was a sad day, as the flashy newcomer that first incorporated high-tech graphics and eye-popping front-page color knocked off a sophisticated...