Word: focusing
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...fault is what LaVoi refers to as "the professionalization of youth sports" - parents treating kids like mini-pros by pushing them to engage in highly competitive sports leagues. "You could argue that kids just don't know how to participate in unstructured play because there is so much focus on organized activities these days," she says...
...film looks at the ways in which males in hip-hop culture portray an exaggerated image of what masculinity is. Like many others, Hurt believes that the focus on misogyny and homophobia in hip-hop overwhelms its more creative aspects, but that the solution to this problem goes beyond merely creating more positive hip-hop. “That’s like saying, ‘I don’t like racism, but we just need more not racist things said,’” Hurt says...
Kagan will join the Oneida Indian Nation in its six-year partnership with the PGA Tour to focus on tribal initiatives for American Indian Nations...
Morris said she is “a little ticked” by the media’s focus on the collection’s sexual content. Harvard, she said, did not purchase the collection solely for its explicit material...
...popular pub series welcomes local brewers to host beer tastings and discuss the challenges faced in the brewing industry. Koch, who also received law and business degrees from Harvard, was slated to discuss the legal aspects of brewing and distributing beer, but the boisterous executive instead chose to focus on his passion of making quality beer. “There are some of us who drink beer every day,” Koch said, “and we want a beer that’s both satisfying and complex.” By enlightening his audience on topics from...