Word: focusing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...when he went back to Los Angeles, it became "this huge anticlimactic thing that basically took on different shades of awe, wonder, acceptance, bitterness or disassociation for the next-what year is it?-17 years. There was this kind of lull, and I never really found any momentum to focus my creative energy after that, so pretty expectable things happened...
Serious Wonk Stuff For the Pope's take on war, abortion, terrorism, globalization and human rights, focus on Benedict's Wednesday 10:30 a.m. White House event and Friday 10:45 a.m. address at the U.N. The U.N. speech will probably be more revealing, and he may also address the environment there...
...almost certain that the Pope will not chide Bush for his decision to invade Iraq, but rather focus - as he did in their Vatican meeting last year - on how to improve the lives of Iraqis, notably the increasingly persecuted Christian minorities. A resolution of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict also remains a priority of the Pope, who wants to see sustained American involvement in negotiations...
...Advisory Council has camped out in their dining hall, hopefully they will take advantage and share their thoughts. We have our own two cents to share. First, we would like to see HUDS give more consideration to students on specialized diets—specifically, vegetarians. Often, HUDS seems to focus most on an entrée with meat or theme night, only adding a hot vegetarian entrée has an afterthought. Replacing a piece of meat with a slab of tofu does not, however, a tasty dish make. (Ask anyone who has ever tried the tofu parmesan.) Instead...
...will show the shy Pope is improving on the public stage. With a reputation as a doctrinal hardliner, Americans may be pleasantly surprised that Benedict tends not to wag his finger at the faithful on these pastoral missions. But with the recent history in the U.S. church, he can focus on what's best in the American church only if he is sure not to avoid what is worst...