Word: focusing
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...After a long period of recovery, she now claims to be able to escape the demands of her left lobe at will. Living in a brightly colored house in Indiana, she serves as a prophet of sorts, spreading the good news through her recently published book, which advocates increased focus on the right brain...
...course, any discussion of world affairs today must focus on one region in particular: the Middle East and the Islamic world growing around it. Among all his missteps, President Bush can be commended for emphasizing (rather late) an equitable, two-state solution in Israel-Palestine, the epicenter of that region’s insecurity. We only hope that the two states in question will continue to make strides towards reconciliation, and to transcend the tremendous destruction of the past half-century...
...When Sheehan left The New York Times in 1972 to focus on writing a book, he found it difficult to leave behind the conflict that had dominated his career...
...Fifty years after the agency’s founding, current president Timothy J. J. Creamer ’09 said that while the organization’s mission of offering employment opportunities to undergraduates has remained the same, the focus is now on the “bigger aspect” of pre-professional experience rather than providing students with a means to afford tuition...
...Moss' sermon on early Sunday seemed to suggest the church was trying hard to focus hard on its business and away from the controversy of the past several months. Several members seemed to agree. "The congregation isn't caught up in that larger debate - it's a distraction," says Hopkins, the University of Chicago professor. "We've still got to teach Bible class. None of this is going to impact the work of our ministries, or the scholarships we give to black colleges...