Word: focusing
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...what, now you're here to save lives?' It was like a knife in my heart." Adds Alian, "On the Israeli side, human lives are being lost, and the Arab side is demanding rights for statehood. I'm caught in between, angry and frustrated. All I can do is focus on my training and try to keep the wounded from dying...
...suspect that the current focus on the potential candidacy of a former First Lady might make the relationship between another former First Lady and her husband intriguing,” she said...
...What exactly cultural imperialism entails or implies is a lengthy debate to enter. Traditional scholarship on imperialism focused on the three Cs of commerce, conquest and conversion, signifying economic commerce, conquest of new territories and religious conversion. We have long moved past this historical stage. Updated theories of cultural imperialism focus on what Balachandra Rajan calls a new tripod of commerce, culture and consent—reflecting the progression from territorial conquest to the conquest of minds—a side-effect of globalization...
...Margaret Thatcher (and pre-cursor to Nicolas Sarkozy): a free market reformer ready to shake up the status quo and social welfare state in old Europe. But in his five-year reign from 2001 to 2006, Berlusconi was unable to overcome divisions among his allies or resist his own focus on protecting his business and judicial interests to produce real reform...
...Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio). Unfortunately, only those who tuned in for the second half of the show led by audience-members—and not journalists—were treated to a worthwhile debate. The event kicked off with the usual Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.)-bashing focused on her lack of firm positions. Unfortunately, the question CNN anchor Campbell Brown asked to foster discussion on the topic was so politically charged that all we saw was a brawl between Sen. Clinton and Sen. Obama (D-Ill.) on healthcare plans. Brown tackled her not on her position...