Word: focusing
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...climate change, terrorism and nuclear proliferation. There are common questions that cut across these issues—how do humans actually think about risk? When do our thoughts go into the long term, that is, when do we consider the future? How can we get our legal institutions to focus on the long term rather than the short term? Those are very general questions. There are also some particular questions like, ‘Is there a way to reduce the number of Americans who die in the workplace?’ One of the reasons...
...once, White’s acrobatics are given their due floor space.But with these gems composing a small portion of the entire album, there is little more to “Consolers of the Lonely” than disappointment. With this staggering amount of material and a reinvested focus on the project, it’s easy to see the Raconteurs eating up more and more of White’s time. “Consolers of the Lonely,” however, speaks to the painfully short half-life of side-projects at large, and sacrificing a White Stripes...
...middle of an unpopular war, and we had those scandals, yet it was an average election. That says something about the durability of the Republican message. THC: Why do you think people criticize you so frequently and protest at your speeches? KR: I like to focus on the positive side. I’ve been surprised with the civility with which I’m mostly met. There are always occasional nuts. It’s generally the older townies when I go to campuses that are the more raucous ones. Or the older townies that are the 9/11 deniers...
...David Petraeus last testified before Congress. This Tuesday and Wednesday, Crocker and Petraeus will remind lawmakers how far Iraq has come since the "surge" of 30,000 additional U.S. troops arrived in Iraq last year. Expect at least two of their interlocutors, Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, to focus on recent setbacks - increased violence, a continuing political stalemate, and mounting strains on the U.S. military - as both seek to demonstrate to the gallery how they might run the Iraq war if elected to the White House seven months from...
...security, the "Framework" declaration calls for a "focus on the very real dangers that confront both our nations." But seven years after Bush and Putin first met, Russia and the U.S. don't agree on their prime security threats. Throughout his tenure, Putin has sounded the alarm on NATO's encircling of his country. Much as he has the grounds to decry the West's broken word, given back in the 1990s, NATO is engaged in Afghanistan against forces that would ultimately threaten Russia's southern flank. Putin even allows NATO to use Russian territory for logistics, and approved...