Word: focusing
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...that now involve tens of thousands of farmers all over China. While it is too early to describe this as an organized national movement, there's little doubt that such manifestos - which often use similar vocabulary and phrasing - are part of a new effort by activists and farmers to focus the government's attention on the country's 700 million peasants and the restricted claim they have on the land they work. "This is just the beginning," says a Beijing-based rural-rights activist who says he is one of the main organizers behind the drive to give farmers full...
...It’s going to be the same as today,” said Simmons. “We need to focus on playing our game right from the start. Working on the fundamentals, getting faceoffs, converting the small stuff...
...pulpit in a low-pitched lightly-southern drawl that drifts toward the rafters. Brooks is the Administrative Chair of the Harvard College Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Political Coalition, which he helped found last year. Called simply “The Coalition” within the gay community, the focus of Brooks’ organization, unlike BGLTSA, is strictly political.Yet unlike many members of “The Coalition” who were out and politically active throughout their teens, Brooks says he came out only after arriving at Harvard from his home in North Carolina...
...Press critics can decide how much truth is in Clinton's claims that the media put its thumb on the scale for Obama. But taking the fight on purely political terms, the verdict is clear: Clinton's jabs at the media gave her a focus and energy she lacked through Obama's long string of February victories. The battle fired up her supporters, it offered an explanation for her losses, and it may have inspired some journalists to turn up the heat on her opponent to prove their fairness. (It didn't help that in the days before Texas...
...Red’s perimeter game. Tay locked down on Gregg, who had a hand in her face every time she hoisted a shot. Gregg hit just one three and finished 1-of-8 from the floor. “We were trying to focus on are a couple of their shooters who really hurt us last time,” Knox said. “Emily started on [Gregg] and didn’t let her get anything. Between Lindsay and me it was stopping the drive and providing early help. It was really about everyone knowing their roles...