Focusing

Coming on the heels of the previous Jack Kirby's Fourth World, presumably the powers that be at DC Comics thought a title focusing on one character rather than an all-encompassing New Gods might catch on more than previous attempts with this particular batch of Jack Kirby's characters. ❋ Unknown (2005)

You’d almost think this is a man movie, what with the title focusing on fried vegetables, but it stars Kathy Bates and Jessica Tandy, which should pretty much clue you in on what you’re in for. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Sitting and focusing is great, but our creativity can stall if we concentrate too hard sometimes. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Mr. Smisek: This administration is the first to really begin focusing on modernizing the air-traffic control system. ❋ Susan Carey (2010)

Republicans may begin focusing on cutting the budget and repealing President Obama's health-care law once the new Congress is seated in January, says Thomas Mann, a political scholar at the Brookings Institution in Washington. ❋ Unknown (2010)

- The Times (UK) In this exciting novel that resonates with contemporary parallels, Jones is unusual among women writers in focusing as much on the thrills and terrors of front-line action as its psychological fallout. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I see some value in focusing on word stress as I find most pronunciation problems my students stem from there. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Perhaps the President has chosen the right course in focusing on health-care reform and other "right-thinking" domestic social programs that show concern for all the people in the country, not just tax breaks for the rich. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I think you are exactly right in focusing on “non-emergency force” — but that undercuts the remainder of your argument. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The stores have played a critical role in focusing attention on new voices through meet-and-greet readings and other promotions. ❋ Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg (2010)

And: The DNC will report raising a very high $16 million last month, which Dems will present as a sign the enthusiasm gap is closing as voters begin focusing on the choice before them. ❋ Greg Sargent (2010)

There's too big an ego component in focusing on being critted, plus it makes you too passive in the process, waiting for external approval. ❋ Kateelliott (2009)

I believe in focusing on the positive as much as the negative. ❋ Unknown (2010)

What I have been calling “going to hell” really means a failure to adapt: increasing difficulty in focusing on issues beyond the immediate news cycle, and an increasing gap between the real challenges and opportunities of the time and our attention, resources, and best efforts. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Instead of Palin focusing on Obama she needs to focus on her disfunctional family and of course Hillary Clinton has already knocked her out of the box. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Do you think that for publishing houses to effectively build such a brand that they must begin focusing on marketing themselves directly to consumers (instead of remaining primarily behind the scenes)? ❋ Unknown (2010)

There is a resting place, I think, in focusing on what is in front of us and being confident that whatever shows up we can deal with then. ❋ Unknown (2009)