Word: focuses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Focus of Action. As U.S. forces begin the move, Thailand-a fellow SEATO power-becomes the focus of action. With key bases established at Udon, Korat and Bangkok, the West can rake Communist-held portions of Laos with ease. In case of battle, U.S. combat troops would probably not be the first to go into action in Laos. Instead, U.S.-manned helicopters and transports would drop guerrilla forces of Thais, Pakistanis and Filipinos into the fighting sectors while U.S. troops occupied the Mekong River valley towns from Savannakhet through Paksane and Vientiane, up to Luangprabang; this would provide strong defense...
...matter of colorful variation in the national mosaic. This is precisely why it is highly doubtful that the Black Muslim movement will be the vehicle of the Negroes attainment of social equality; it cannot entertain the sympathy of most American black folk because it is out of focus with the past national heritage and the future American possibilities. Not two nations, but one undivided American nation is what is wanted. Nor will it in the long run reward the allegiance of those who in justifiable frustration turn to Black Islam for affirmation of their humanity...
...April of 1959, a secret meeting of the Communist Central Committee decided to shift the focus away from the commune and concentrate on small, village-size "operation squads," each squad with its own mess hall, nurseries and private plots of land. Further retreat came in August of 1959, when the village "production brigade" became, in theory, the basic unit, and commune members were allowed to keep such possessions as houses, clothing, bicycles, blankets and radios. Parents could even decide for themselves whether they wanted their children to be sent off to boarding schools and communal nurseries...
...coaches are forced to pick their teams in a ridiculously short period of about two weeks. Pre-season drills in the Ivy League cannot begin before September 1, leaving approximately three weeks for the coach to condition the players and pick first and second teams on which to focus attention for the first game. And those players on the top of the heap by the first game usually stay there; the coach must dwell on refining team coordination once the season has begun...
...three notions of a proper unifying concept. Stress is placed successively on language, literature and then composition. There is also a head-in-the-sand-type request for a 1 to 25 student-teacher ratio in teaching composition. After a fine beginning there is this general lack of enthusiasm, focus and the failure to present firm principles and standards...