Word: focusing
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Thank you, Joe Klein, for reminding us that substance is important! I have waited too long for an acknowledgment that Obama's campaign lacks focus on the issues. Inspiration is not enough. Words are only as strong as the actions that back them up. America deserves a leader who does more than talk the talk; we deserve a leader who walks the walk. Hillary Clinton is ready--in vision and action...
...heart of the coming debate with Democrats is the war in Iraq, for which McCain is the nation's most public proponent outside the White House. Democrats, including Clinton and Obama, hope to focus the debate on the past, on the mistakes that have been made and the cost in blood and treasure, which most Americans disapprove of. McCain, on the other hand, is determined to focus the debate on what to do next, about which the Democratic candidates have remained remarkably vague beyond saying they want to promptly begin a drawdown in forces. "I believe I can convince...
...sitting down. If you get up in the middle of the day and move around, run around, I think it’s a good mental break and it gives you energy to do things in the evening.”Blattler has taken time off from track to focus on her primary concern, her schoolwork. Last summer she spent two months in Namibia doing field work for her concentration with the geology professor, Paul Hoffman.“It’s important to take breaks and keep things in perspective,” she said of her time...
...Zittrain, faculty co-director of the Berkman Center, also expressed support for his Stanford counterpart, saying that Lessig is passionate about politics. “[Lessig] has down the part that can be elusive to many candidates: a message,” Zittrain said. “His focus on what he calls corruption couldn’t be better timed, given public sentiment this election cycle.” Lessig, famous for bringing a 2003 case that unsuccessfully challenged prevailing U.S. copyright law, is the founder of Creative Commons, a non-profit organization that allows copyright holders to provide...
...Dominguez says that even though he and his committee were of the opinion that parts of HMI should go, their primary work is in broadening Harvard’s international focus. He points to one of his committee’s recent initiatives—a $1 million dollar project geared toward South Asia—as an example...