Word: focused
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...smacks his fist into his palm as he addresses the challenges. "We can focus right in on a problem," he says, "and then we can deal with...
...gain the charter, the founding group had to prove the school would offer something the Cambridge public schools did not--so they went with a math and science focus...
Researchers sought to identify other causes of stroke risk, including smoking, lack of exercise and family history, and focus instead on strokes not obviously attributable to these factors...
Turning the focus to development, Galluccio said there was a "real phobia against University expansion in the city," and suggested that Harvard build graduate student housing at Alewife and have students commute, thus stopping students from driving up rents...
...list of 150 students considered highly "at risk" of quitting, and is targeting them for extra attention. Everyone agrees that this effort is admirable--and necessary, given the school's $1.2 million budget deficit. But there is no discussion here of teachers' private complaints: that one result of the focus on keeping 150 kids from dropping out is a lowering of standards and expectations, not only for them but for all the other 1,180 students...