Word: refocused
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Although Senate minority leader Harry Reid and other moderate Democrats would like to refocus on the more politically profitable work of bashing President Bush and the Republicans on Iraq and corruption, liberals including Ted Kennedy hope to delay the Judiciary Committee vote on Alito. That would give advocacy groups time to target Alito via TV ads, petitions and phone banks. "They want some additional time to beat the drums in opposition," says an aide...
...moment so unfavorable to a plainly pro-abortion message, it is critical that pro-choice groups at Harvard and across the country refocus the reproductive rights debate on EC, using the broadly appealing and morally sound language of Clinton to build a bigger tent, with room for millions more Americans than the one under which such groups are currently huddled...
...year-in-review press coverage of his Jan. 14 speech on women in science can’t sit well with Summers, who has spent the entire calendar year atoning for his remarks and has sought to refocus faculty and alumni on his priorities in the new semester...
Though Eric’s story is a painful one, it is a successful example of time off well-spent. His time off did just what it was supposed to: it helped Eric evaluate his time here, refocus, heal himself, and return. Harvard’s environment had turned venomous, and no amount of counseling or services could have helped him back onto the path to graduation. He needed an exit, and the leave of absence he was required to take provided that...
...whole, Summers’ wide-ranging letter reflected a renewed public-relations campaign to refocus the Harvard community on his priorities...