Word: focusing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have time to mess anything up, and, of course, our system of checks and balances would take care of anyone too off-the-wall. But the most positive aspect of the lottery would be the chance for different interest groups to win some representation. An Armenian President would focus on the Armenian situation in the U.S.S.R. and would have the means to talk to Gorbachev about the problem. An elderly person as President could strengthen Social Security during their term in office. A teacher could give lots of money to education. A psychopath could give lots of money to defense...
...Another focus of the anger was the difficulty of ousting Panama's arrogant military leader, General Manuel Antonio Noriega. U.S. attorneys in Tampa and Miami last month had announced indictments of Noriega for drug trafficking and money laundering. The charges made it impossible for the Reagan Administration to continue to overlook Noriega's sinister activities...
...main focus of the next few weeks, Felitti said, would be a party at the garden behind the Fly Club to be held in late April. "The garden party will be the main media and money-making source for the spring," he said...
Leibman said that this year, the ACSR will focus on how the University should respond to "new developments" in South Africa--including press restrictions and military crackdowns--as well as Reverend Sullivan's repudiation of the principles that bear his name...
...times are troubled for Dudley, the house that is not a house. The on-campus center for nonresident students is the focus of complaints from both transfer students and frustrated administrators. The house administration must contend with rumors that Dudley faces closure, and at the same time attempt to place Dudley on an equal footing with the residential houses...