Word: focused
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...story, Correspondent George Bookman went on a five-week trip to seven European countries in the course of which he interviewed 96 top government officials, economists and businessmen. His report, bolstered by additional material from TIME'S European and U.S. bureaus, brought into focus a new American-type capitalism that around the world is replacing the old system of cartels and feudal wealth. The Tokyo bureau added the story of Japan's striking progress, while the Hong Kong bureau analyzed the trials, tribulations and triumphs of Southeast Asia. As other reports poured in from Latin America, Africa...
...That while the U.S. and Europe increasingly enjoy the good life, many nations outside the Communist bloc are getting more populous and relatively poorer. ¶That the U.S. should do no less about it, but that Europe should do more. ¶That someone ought to provide focus, plans, and machinery for all the scattered remedies that so far have not been extensive enough, or inspiringly imaginative, or outstandingly successful...
...Moore finally got Venus in the telescope sights. A tracking system held the image in the telescope's focus for a few minutes. Then the balloon started slowly down, drifting south over Nebraska and into Kansas. As they approached the ground, the crew cut the gondola loose from the balloon and popped a 100-ft. parachute. A gusty wind caught the parachute, dragged the gondola across pastures and through fences for half a mile before marines following in helicopters caught it and cut it loose. Bruised and shaken, the scientists climbed out. The gondola was a battered wreck...
...should be able to define our sense of right and wrong more clearly, so as to provide a better moral support, and to focus the feeling of sacredness on fitter objects, instead of worshiping supernatural rulers. It will sanctify the higher manifestations of human nature in art and love, in intellectual comprehension and aspiring adoration, and will emphasize the fuller realization of life's possibilities as a sacred trust...
...Center will not investigate topics such as segregation, Handlin commented, because either at present or in the past, they have been the focus of lengthy research. Instead, he said, the group will examine important areas which historians have previously neglected...