Word: focusing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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More than any other, the question of public disclosure of the affairs of city councilors has been the symbolic, if not the central, focus of Lawrence W. Frisoli's campaign. For bundled up in that one concern, Frisoli has found an entire array of political issues, ranging from the way councilors act to the way they're elected. And he has earned himself some press in the process...
Spartichino has made his opposition to Cambridge's Proportional Representation system of voting the focus of his campaign. He claims the system "robs the voters of Cambridge" and favors the liberal incumbents...
...years since the Forest Service revealed its plans; the uproar over Mineral King's proposed fate has long subsided. Many who once railed against the resort have forgotten the issue. In fact, overall public enthusiasm for protecting America's air, water and other natural resources has fizzled. The focus of the environmental movement has shifted from mass action and mass awareness of Earth Day (1970) to a low-profile pattern of political and legal efforts by underfunded environmental organizations...
...attack on bosses' power is well suited to the current needs of the L.O. and the Social Democrats. It provides a focus for worker unrest and serves to unite wage-earners in a common struggle, thereby drawing attention away from the wage policy, which could otherwise prove divisive. It also gives workers some control over technological development, ameliorating the effects of structural change. Finally, it tends to splinter the non-socialist opposition parties, with the Liberal and Center Parties often supporting many of the specific reforms (especially in matters of health and safety) with only the Conservatives consistently voting against...
...American Med ical Association, which disapproves of unionization but approved the New York strikers' demand for shorter shifts to improve patient care. The A.M.A., says a spokesman, "believes that physicians are better represented by a professional association with broad purposes than by a union with a frequent focus on narrow, economic objectives...