Word: focus
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...behind-the-scenes pictures of President Obama over the past year, including a fresh and distinctive round of images from just last week. The package also includes pictures from long-term art projects like Andrew Moore's photographs from his two-year undertaking in Detroit (which complements our yearlong focus on that struggling American city) and a picture by Richard Mosse of a surveillance balloon on a U.S. military base in Iraq, shot while working on a series on Saddam's palaces...
Given the impasse in Israeli-Palestinian talks, the U.S. has various options. It could table its own comprehensive peace plan. It could change its focus to brokering a deal between Israel and Syria. Or it could vastly reinvigorate the effort to build up Palestinian institutions on the West Bank as part of a step-by-step progression toward peace. Working with special envoy Tony Blair and the private sector, the U.S. could again help build economic institutions, learning and job centers, industrial free-trade zones and youth programs. It would not require a lot of money; it could be done...
...must not be a substitute for efforts to reach a comprehensive peace. But it could complement the quest for a final-status agreement by showcasing the benefits that peace would bring both sides. Or it could be the foundation for a ground-up approach in which the two sides focus first on resolving border issues and land swaps, which are actually easier to resolve than they may appear. In the process, Fayyad and Abbas would be shored up. The next step would be tackling trading arrangements, water rights and other practical matters. The thornier ideological issues that...
...don’t really care too much about the stats,” she said. “It’s a goalie’s job to keep the pucks from going in the net. I just focus on one shot at a time. As long as the team is winning, that’s all I’m concerned about...
...It’s a] huge testament to Kessler’s focus and intensity,” Stone said. “That’s exactly what we needed...