Word: focuses
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Congress, and "the tapes" were both video and audio, catching the sight and sound of them accepting money to perform special favors. That, in any case, was the story being leaked by sources within the Department of Justice, which said the FBI had lured the lawmakers into the focus of hidden television cameras in the most sensational undercover operation it had ever conducted...
...participants in a Christian conference at the University Lutheran Church last Friday night, she did not tell them how to relate to God or to find themselves through religion. These listeners, college students and recent graduates from the Boston area, had long accepted the church as a major focus of their lives. They came to the two-day gathering with a far more specific goal: to find out what they can do to help the church's world-wide missionary endeavors. Lum, a slight, soft-spoken Hawaiian who is known throughout the American Christian community for her work in Asia...
...also believes that students are being duped into believing that a B.A. degree will ensure success in the corporate job market. Parker's alarm at what she sees as credential worship leads her to recommend abolishing the B.A. degree in order to shift focus to the value of the education itself...
...public opinion survey conducted Jan. 23 and 24 for TIME by the research firm of Yankelovich, Skelly and White Inc. The telephone poll of 1,227 registered voters includes a special sampling of 300 in the New England states, to measure the candidates' relative strengths as the focus of the presidential campaign swings into the Northeast...
NOSTALGIA IS DANGEROUS. Perhaps disco or the decreasing number of minor league baseball players are responsible, but the collective psyche of the young generation disturbs many older concerned citizens. Gazing toward a rosy, if hazy, past, they focus on World War II, remembering fondly the unity of spirit and pride in nationhood. If only that spirit could return, if only, as President Carter instructed, we could "say something good about America." The answer, some say, is National Service, to revive our recalcitrant souls...