Word: focusing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...endorsed the report's call for the appointment of a new associate dean for affirmative action. "It's a very good way to focus on the problem by helping representatives in each department do their job and [intervening] when there seems to be somesignificant problem," he said...
Evans says his book will focus on 1965 to 1977, the turbulent years when he was governor of Washington, overseeing years of Civil Rights strife Vietnam protests and pollution problems...
...Middle East last week was part of a skillful diplomatic campaign aimed at giving Moscow a major voice in the region. In Panama, General Fred Woerner, commander of the U.S. Southern Command, issued an uncharacteristically public complaint that Washington has no real policy toward that country. In Asia, the focus of Bush's efforts last week, China and Viet Nam are negotiating a settlement in Kampuchea with almost no input from Washington. In Western Europe, allies beguiled by Mikhail Gorbachev's promise to reduce Soviet conventional forces wonder how far to modernize their own military power...
...technology to achieve quality in their sound, not just quantity. "It is an art form to manage a car interior sonically," says Steve Seidl, who outfits boom cars at Speaker Warehouse in Hollywood, Fla. "We use a spectrum analyzer to measure the 'pink noise' in the car or to focus the sound on the driver...
...would say time is my main obstacle [in squash]," Reynolds says. "But I don't regret the time I spent away from it. Squash isn't my primary focus at Harvard. Academics and friendship...