Word: focusing
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...today everything is public, and in the tut-tut world of expos? journalism, astronauts-particularly women-misbehave at their peril. Nowak's NASA bio includes a seemingly focus-group-tested list of 10 wholesome hobbies, such as running, skeet shooting and raising African violets-pastimes somewhat at odds with a 900-mile pursuit in a wig and diapers. For now, Nowak will have time to return to those hobbies: NASA has placed her on a 30-day leave. The space agency will move beyond this episode but has already publicly resolved to keep a closer eye on-and take better...
...continuing to focus on improving our cost line to be more efficient while the market is down. We are seeing some signs of stabilization. Our focus is to run as good a business...
...still in a parlous condition, back on track--will be a problem for the next Prime Minister. Blair's challenge is to seize back control over the manner and timing of his departure. It won't be easy. The investigation trundles on, although detectives appear to have shifted their focus from the original accusations of corruption toward the possibility that some of those questioned may have deceived investigators. (World-weary Washingtonians may now recite that old mantra: "It's never the crime. It's the cover-up.") Blair is determined not to stand down before the inquiry reaches a conclusion...
...formal qualities of the photographs focus on the physical building and treat the marginally-placed children as mere units of account—their illegible faces indicating the temporality of their stay...
...making education more affordable to as many students as possible. Princeton’s initiative is worthy in its philosophy, but flawed in its execution. All universities—including Harvard—must strive to reduce the burden of undergraduate tuition costs, but they most focus their efforts on students who need help most...