Word: focusing
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...brief departure from the campaign trail up to Capitol Hill last week was a jarring reminder of what awaits her if, as most expect, she fails to win the Democratic nomination. As she weighs her return to the Senate, Clinton is in the uncomfortable position of being the focus of even more scrutiny and speculation than when she entered the chamber in 2001. Still relatively junior in terms of party seniority and with no committee chairmanship power base in sight, Clinton must adjust to a deliberative body where 17 of her colleagues openly supported her rival - and still others might...
...focus of your book problem kids or the average teenage boy who sometimes shouts at his parents? Both. A lot of my work with teenage anger has been with the 5% of the male population in early high school, trying to help them find other ways of addressing what's wrong rather than swearing at teachers or being violent or smashing property. But there are boys across the spectrum of anger difficulties, and all could benefit from their parents knowing more about how to manage things...
Another point of focus during the meeting was diversity within the Faculty. Smith said that he had fielded some comments about how the ballot to elect five new members to the Faculty Council—the Faculty’s governing body—lacked female representation...
...article “Down on the Harvard Farm” (column, April 30) was an excellent opinion article that discussed many of the environmental and welfare issues surrounding our food. Mr. Bollard is right to encourage Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) to focus its attention on buying more locally sourced animal products to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and support nearby farms and communities. Animal production is the number one producer of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. food system—contributing nearly two-thirds of all nitrous oxide and one-third of all methane emissions globally...
...readiness to handle any world crisis at 3 in the morning? Even the candidate herself began treating them as a joke. Edwards' insistence that the eventual nominee must promise to carry on his fight for the underprivileged? Worthy of a snicker. Obama's gripe that presidential debates ought to focus on serious issues like Iraq and the economy, not trivia like flag lapels? Oh, lighten...