Word: focusing
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...make the choice themselves to better their lives. Some of them have great difficulty doing so. One of the girls has apparently fallen back into the darkness the film was trying to save her from. Local police say she was once rescued from the Sonagachi red-light district, the focus of the documentary, and housed in a juvenile-welfare home until February 2006. But soon after she was released, she returned to the trade...
...which committed two errors in an eight-run sixth by the Gamecocks—Meehan, freshman pitcher Will Keuper, and junior Dan Zailskas were tatooed by the Jacksonville State offense to the tune of 11 runs.“That inning was just [about] a lack of focus overall,” Douglas said. “That’s something we’re going to work to fix.”Down 12-8, the Crimson was unable to make a comeback, and the game slipped away.JACKSONVILLE STATE 4, HARVARD 1Rusty from not having played outdoors...
...through five sets to dispatch the league-leading Scarlet Raiders on Friday night, before cruising to a much more comfortable four set win over NJIT on Saturday. HARVARD 3, NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1The Crimson avoided a potential letdown after a tremendous victory on Friday night, demonstrating its focus early on to take the first two sets 30-26, 30-26.“After a really big game, it’s easy to take a breath and slack off,” junior co-captain Gil Weintraub said. “Playing NJIT, which...
...during his own confirmation process that he failed to pay taxes left two possible conclusions: either Geithner knowingly underpaid, or the man now nominally in charge of the IRS couldn't figure out his own taxes. His first major speech as Treasury Secretary, delivered on Feb. 10 with a focus on how to save America's banks, fell flat in part because he had few details to provide and in part because expectations had been raised by everyone from his aides to the President himself...
...business travel, the industry says, hurts the local economy, down to the bellboy and hotel housekeeper who are laid-off due to decreased occupancy. A survey by the U.S. Travel Association says that 20% of companies (that have not received taxpayer assistance) have canceled events due to recent focus on boondoggles. Which means, lots of rooms open in Vegas...