Word: focusing
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What happened on Tuesday shows that might be changing. On trading floors, for the first time in more than a week, buyers and sellers focused on earnings and product launches instead of what was being said at press conferences in Washington and the interest rates banks charge to lend each other money. Even though those rates, which are closely followed as an indication of whether the credit crunch is getting better or worse, only eased slightly on Tuesday, it was enough to free up investors' minds to focus on the fact that, in the long run, the thing that determines...
...that you enjoy. Instead of spending a lot of time looking in the mirror or having work done or recovering from having work done, instead of wasting hundreds of dollars or thousands of dollars every year on creams that don't work, explore new things. Take the focus off how you look. You know what? You're never going to look 25 again. Once you accept that you're getting older, do it in a graceful way and try to look youthful. The key to that truly is being interested in what you do, happy, excited about other people, curious...
With less than 23 days to go before Election Day, John McCain and Sarah Palin are launching a range of attacks on their Democratic opponent that revolve around one central question: Who is Barack Obama? Whether these broadsides focus on Obama's ties to former domestic terrorist William Ayers, his votes on funding troops in Iraq or his record on crime in Illinois, they all aim at emotional, hot-button issues that the McCain campaign hopes will cut through the political clutter and current financial crisis to help convince voters that Obama is not the man they thought...
Forget Sarah Palin and William Ayers and disaffected Hillary voters and the rest of this year's sideshows. Focus on the basics: any candidate seeking to extend his party's hold on the White House who must deliver a litany like that three weeks from Election Day is in a world of hurt...
...Still, Kroeber and others stress that China may choose not to participate in a global bailout because leaders will have their hands full at home. Tougher economic times could affect the country's social stability, meaning leaders will direct their focus inward. "China's resources are strong enough to ensure its own economy can sail through this relatively smoothly," says Kroeber. "But they can't save anyone else's bacon...