Word: focusing
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...most powerful educational institutions in the world, Harvard is well accustomed to having the all eyes upon it. It is rare, however, that an opportunity arises for the gaze of so many to focus so singularly on the condition of its undergraduates. The presence of Undergraduate Council President Ryan A. Petersen ’08 on the dais at Friday’s Installation affirmed the importance of the voice of students in university discourse. That his speech should emphasize this notion seems not just appropriate, but indeed vital to working towardthe picture of Harvard that Faust championed...
...Thus when I reflect on the paragons of personal style in today’s world, I focus, not on women who dress well (style doesn’t necessarily have to have a positive connotation), but instead on people who we as a viewing public know are not taking advice from anyone about how they dress. They, in an age of micromanaged, pressurized women, are taking their cues from no one but their own crafty little brains. They take no prisoners and for this you must admire them...
...Livesey is also working on a study of the French province of Languedoc, which he said is a “fat book which won’t have as much of a readership.” The work will focus on the participation of peasants in transforming modernization...
...focus on social enterprise is what we really need to focus on,” said Josy W. Hahn, a first-year doctoral student at the School of Public Health. “We focus too much on the existing institutions in the classroom...
...have placed a major focus on education to ensure that children can remain in school while parents work,” Yunus said in his speech...