Word: focusing
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However, the rising stars of the department's faculty tend to focus on the "hard" side of the field, which includes bio-psychology, cognitive psychology and animal behavior, professors say. These areas of psychology place a heavy emphasis on original experiments which produce empirical data...
...particular, concentrators say they have trouble finding advisiors for non-empirical thesis topics. They add that "think pieces," which focus on theory, are less likely to be accepted as thesis material. As a result, some concentrators say, students find themselves having to put an empirical twist on a theoretical subject...
...willingness to focus on the issues of governance and process has stripped the divestment movement of any of its force. Last weekend's protest--both inside and outside 17 Quincy--were a painful demonstration of the activists' impotence. In the meeting, "insurgent" Overseers spent as much time arguing about Robert's Rules of Order as about South African investments. Outside, protesters listened to speakers: one from the African National Congress, a former state representative and an erstwhile activist who favors army surplus clothing and an earring. None of the Overseers took special notice of the protest, which has become...
Like Dukakis, Gore suffers from an inability to utter a phrase or advance a proposal that sparks a visceral response in Democratic voters. "There has been no real focus, no consistency," says an official of the Democratic Leadership Council, a centrist group sympathetic to Gore's candidacy. "He has been lurching from issue to issue and lacking an encompassing theme that would tell you who Al Gore is and what his principles...
While many retailers focus on keeping prices low, others concentrate on providing good service. Sales at Nordstrom, a Western chain with an exceptional reputation for attentiveness to customer needs, rose 18% last year, while profits surged 26%. Noting that success, a host of companies are making fresh efforts to upgrade service. Neiman-Marcus will spend $20 million this year to improve its gift-wrapping and other customer-service operations. Castner Knott, a Nashville-based chain, has deployed "sales specialists," who are trained to be familiar with the merchandise in large areas of a store rather than just small sections. They...