Word: focused
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...grapple with this reality, I’ve tried to look for a solution, but I’ve only come away with a lesson: It is complicated using someone else’s turf to do your own good. I’m not saying that Americans should focus biofuel efforts domestically, because corn is not a productive biofuel crop, and using it for ethanol inflates food prices and takes a toll on people who rely on food aid. Rather, I’m implying that there are two sides to almost every action—and sometimes when...
...meta” are only rhetoric that gives the illusion of knowledge. We may sound like good little Harvard students when we use these terms, but whatever illusion of intelligence we produce through them is undeserved if we are ignorant of their application. Yet countless sections and lectures focus on defining the terms of this elite language rather than applying them to the issues of today’s world. In my eyes, it shows a profound lack of ambition to study a single word when the vast and tangible world is open to your probing...
...roster of corporations and financial institutions in line for government bailouts seems to grow, some public-policy advocates in Washington are calling on policymakers to focus more efforts on the nation's poorest. The ranks of the destitute are growing quietly but alarmingly as much of the world focuses on troubles surrounding Wall Street. "Recent data show poverty is already rising quite substantially," says Robert Greenstein, executive director of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. "There is a strong potential for more hardship and destitution than we have seen in this country in a number of decades...
After the vows, to defeat the postnuptial blues, doctors say, couples should get adequate rest and exercise; communicate constantly; focus on the benefits of marriage, like having a built-in support system; and start thinking about the future in terms of family or finance. Women should stop thinking of themselves as "the bride" and throw out those wedding magazines, then plan social events for after the honeymoon, so they have other parties to look forward...
...Today’s high schools and universities abound in courses geared towards teaching people “how to think.” Science, math, and English courses focus not on teaching specific material but on “approaches” and “methodologies.” On the surface, this seems to make sense. With so much information readily accessible, why waste mental space on facts like the population of Russia or the circumference of a circle? Humans have limited mental capacity. Even Sherlock Holmes had to purge his mind of random trivia occasionally...