Word: focusing
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...Milan, designers are striking a serious pose with a less-is-more look reminiscent of the early 1990s. It's a subtle shift away from the pile-it-on look of fur and python and paillettes that has defined luxury labels for several seasons. Instead of ornamentation, the focus is on shape and fabrication...
This adjustment in fashion's focus--a marked return to rigorous tailoring and basic colors--might be a reflection of our sober times. At many runway shows it seems as if designers are suggesting more refined dress codes as an antidote to the cacophony around...
...will do just that. The University has shown that it has put tremendous thought into how it can best develop the land it has acquired in Allston, balancing the needs of faculty, staff and students from several schools with the needs and desires of the community. The coherence and focus of Harvard’s overall vision should not be violated merely to cater to one of the many factions with a stake in the future campus. Doing so would create a piecemeal campus that would prevent Allston from coalescing into a unified whole...
...enough exercise and eat healthy. If a minor increase in risk will let me focus and get my work done, it’s alright by me,” he said while grabbing a bottle of ibuprofen off the shelf...
...monologue while linking them through memories of Charlie, which creates a poignant portrait of each character as well as a moving rendering of their mutual connection to Charlie. Though “Twilight of the Superheroes” is set after Sept. 11, 2001, it is not the entire focus of the story, which makes its effect all the more meaningful. Instead of beginning the story with the disaster, Eisenberg first introduces the characters, then writes of the tragedy so subtly that it is not until the second mention that the reader is sure what she’s referring...