Word: focus
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...interest finds parallels in, for instance, weather prediction or even in cosmology, where the basic difficulty is rather a mechanical one--arising from the degree of appropriateness of the mathematical system applied and the onerousness of using it, granted data which are sufficient. Beyond this is the second focus of interest, essentially more attractive and more stimulating. It centers upon the possibility of creating models of individual biological processes. Such models, both mathematical and material, have of course played a considerable role in general physiology,--as aids to the clarification and the concreteness of thinking, and as springboards...
...Sharp Focus. In Fort Worth, police received a routine letter from Twin Falls, Idaho authorities inquiring about a suspected bad-check passer and describing her as "25, 115 Ibs., 5 ft. 5 in. She wore a low-cut dress with short skirt, making it very hard to gain a description of her facial features...
Beshoar's business, of course, is to cover the news of national interest that originates in the Rocky Mountain states.* During and since the war an increasing volume of news has come from there. Denver itself, the focus of transcontinental railroads, highways and airlines, is the largest, fastest-growing business center between Chicago and the Pacific Northwest. As such, it is the natural center of TIME Inc.'s news gathering forces in the area...
...values are several fine performances-notably those by Jennifer Jones, Heflin and Jourdan. Miss Jones, in her best picture to date, manipulates Emma's moods and caprices with sensitive dexterity. Hardly ever out of sight of the camera, she gives a performance that is hardly ever out of focus, a feat that even the finicky Flaubert could admire...
...fabulous riches of Anglo-Iranian's fields, in Persia and neighboring Iraq,* have been the focus of almost endless bloody struggles. The eastward-thrusting Kaiser coveted them in 1915 as did Panzer-probing Rommel in 1942. Between times and since, there have been such threats to meet as the overthrow of the Ottoman Empire and tribal revolts provoked by Soviet Russia. Through all, Britain and Anglo-Iranian, bending but never breaking in the storm, have kept control. Now Anglo-Iranian has assets of ?76,753,472, is the third largest crude-oil producer in the world; only Standard...