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Word: focusing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...boys sing in two-part harmony. Al speaks solidly, narrating the story of their lives step by step, unhesitantly supplying details and background references. Birdy speaks in a more flighty tone, but in sharper focus, offering the history of his bird colony and telling us how, in his dreams, he goes from boy to bird...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: A Novel That Soars | 3/13/1979 | See Source »

...retired, who was long a leading State Department Arabist and oil-policy expert. He served as U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1973 until late 1975, but was dismissed following policy disputes with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Akins felt Saudi Arabia, not Iran, should have been the prime focus of U.S. interests in the region...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Report: The Cast of Analysts | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

...focus, unfortunately, is always on the rating battle and on what are the top ten shows. I mean, it's like a crime if you're not in the top ten these days, which is mind boggling. You can have a show that reaches 14 million or 15 million households, and it may be ranked in the top 40. Somehow or other, it's written up as a potential miss, which is something I find rather extraordinary. But television is like a lightning rod; I don't think it's any more competitive than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Talking Heads: A Triptych of Network Chiefs on Thrust, Appeal, Consensus, Risks, Holes, Fun, Meaning and . . . | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

Rice said that unlike motion pictures in which male actors are the focus of popular attention, women are central in television scripts because "it's easy for men to feel superior to somebody who is only two inches high...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TV Writers Speak On Feminist Humor In Current Media | 3/2/1979 | See Source »

...action. The idea is a waste--anchormen rarely leave their offices, and their sole purpose is to introduce the film segments and provide a stable rhythm. The triple anchor system created visual anarchy which prevented a clear flow and added nothing in the bargain. The disconcerting lack of a focus did not, however, obscure a fine report by Richard Mayk on the Democratic primary for mayor...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Toobs on the Tube | 3/1/1979 | See Source »

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