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It focuses public attention on the relationship between infant mortality and poor nutrition among low - income mothers.
Miss Dix proceeded to
focus public attention on the situation in East Cambridge.
The theses were of course at first a controversial technical matter, intended for debate, and intended no doubt to
focus public attention on the undoubted abuses, theological and practical, involved in the preaching of the indulgences.
Paul's involvement in Meat Free Monday is helping to
focus public attention on the environmental costs of producing meat, the article said.
The wide media coverage the case has received has
focused public attention on legal questions usually covered in the courtroom or the classroom rather than by the newsroom.
It is far harder to ignore reforms under the withering glare of
focused public attention.
focused public attention on important potential impacts of science and technology on society by their responsible participation in public policy debates; or
CRISPR surged to an early lead, as high - profile meetings and magazine articles
focused public attention on the genome - editing technique.
1997 JoAnn Burkholder, in recognition of her dedicated and untiring efforts to
focus public attention on the potential negative impacts of the microorganism Pfisteria piscicida on the marine environment.
It has
focused public attention on the performance of all students, not just the top performers — and that has dividends for everyone.
The remarkable transition in Tennessee shows that states are capable of dramatic reform when the political leadership is committed to
focusing public attention on the problem.
The National Teacher of the Year Program is the oldest and most prestigious awards program to
focus public attention on excellence in teaching.
Four national studies of education have
focused public attention on the decline in achievement in those subjects and the urgent need for major reforms.
Since 1952, this prestigious national honors program has
focused public attention on excellence in teaching.
Wisconsin's largest teachers» union sought to
focus public attention on how teachers, their families and students — not just state employees — would be affected by the changes.
Our job is to
focus public attention on those gaps, the inequities that produce them, and the education leaders and reformers who make closing them their top priority.»
DR RICHARD SATTIN, chief of unintentional - injuries section of the Centers of Disease Control We're trying to
focus public attention on this greatly underestimated public hazard.
St. Louis Animal Rights Team (START) is an all - volunteer group of area residents dedicated to
focusing public attention on animal rights issues.
The Phoenix, he said, is intended as an exciting and fun way to
focus public attention on the benefits of repurposing bits and pieces of discarded items to their fullest potential.
Founded in 1993 by the United Nations General Assembly, World Water Day was created to help
focus public attention on the critical water issues facing our global community.
Not exact matches
The media — and hence the
public — tend to
focus more
attention on failings in politicians» private lives than in their
public ones.
While Inc. usually
focuses on private startups, once a year we shift our
attention to those entrepreneurs who have recently decided to take on the
public markets.
Powell has in the past expressed a view that Fed communication «should do more to emphasize the uncertainty that surrounds all economic forecasts, should downplay short - term tactical questions such as the timing of the next rate increase, and should
focus the
public's
attention instead on the considerations that go into making policy across the range of plausible paths for the economy.»
By
focusing the
attention of faculty members now accustomed to routine spending increases, cuts in funding may have the unintended effect of improving the situation of teaching and learning about which a concerned
public is justifiably upset.
In addition to agent and
public self - consciousness and the various degrees and mixtures of the two, we also experience «introspective» or «private» self - consciousness, though it is less common than the
public or agent forms, since it involves a purely «inward»
focus of
attention.
Their sense of corporate existence remained extremely strong, and their
focus of
attention, as far as man is concerned, remained on that which is overt and visible, that which has
public consequences.
The
attention of the
public media has
focused on the issue of creation and evolution.
A good bit of
public attention in recent years has been
focused on developments at the beginning of life: new reproductive technologies, for instance, and research on embryos.
Events of recent months» in particular, the execution of Timothy McVeigh and, just prior to it,
public airing for the first time of audio tapes of executions in Georgia» have
focused attention on the morality of the death penalty, even if administered fairly and equitably.
In spite of the amount of
public attention focused on them around the time of the election, the figures for November 1980 show no marked difference in the audience of their programs.
Young Icelandic - American Aron Johannsson will be the
focus of intense
attention when he inevitably makes his full US international debut, after his
public snubbing of Iceland.
Sports Insights typically
focuses on games that are capturing a lot of
public attention — with lopsided betting action.
This global effort seeks to shift
public attention and awareness to the power of giving; to
focus on sharing rather than consumer - driven holiday shopping.
Although all forms of hunting are controversial, fox hunting was the most widespread form of hunting with dogs, and as such, has been the
focus of
public and political
attention.
«
Public attention is likely to continue to
focus on the service and job cuts which councils determine in order to balance their budgets.»
Reform groups are
focusing attention on Governor Andrew Cuomo's anti corruption commission's recommendations to beef up the anemic State Board of Elections but say they have not given up hope of
public campaign financing for state wide races.
Personality cults are designed to limit
public debate by
focusing attention on the alleged strengths of the leader.
Reform groups are
focusing attention on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's anti-corruption commission's recommendations to beef up the anemic State Board of Elections but say they have not given up hope of
public campaign financing for state wide races.
David Cameron, meanwhile, benefits as long as
public attention stays
focused on the contrast in style between his slick operation and the dysfunctional Downing Street bunker.
We wait for emotion to die down, for
public attention to
focus elsewhere, and then we wait for the next horrible, unspeakable tragedy; children and teachers massacred at school,» said Felder (D - Borough Park - Midwood), who issued a statement the day after the shooting.
The veteran
public school teacher and administrator said he's «not sure what I'm doing next,» but he said he's
focusing all his
attention between now and then on the task at hand.
A former Plainview - Old Bethpage school board member, Cepeda, 56, says he would
focus his legislative
attention on revamping the assessment system, ensuring mixed - use development at the Nassau Hub and developing a stable and consistent budget line for
public transit.
Pramilla has pledged to
focus her
attention on several major issues in the 42nd district: protecting our environment, transforming our energy infrastructure to renewable energy, transitioning our economy to support «green» job creation, education,
public health, safety and welfare.
The summertime sniping comes at a time when Cuomo continues his
public feud with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, but also when the Legislature is absent from Albany, allowing him to command the lion's share of
attention and
focus.
Hochul subsequently began doing a modest number
public events around the state, but they were anodyne self - introductory affairs,
focusing on creating positive
attention for the Cuomo - Hochul ticket and its newly created Women's Equality Party line.
Although often not a
focus of
public attention, Corporation Counsel is the city's chief legal officer and an integral part of managing city government.
In addition, there is some evidence that although committee Chairs were not generally a
focus of much press
attention, in the growing area of 24 hour news TV (as well as in other broadcasting) their visibility to the
public may well have increased.
The former chick - lit author, who is married to Metallica's manager, admitted taking class - A drugs,
focused internet
attention on the treatment of prominent women in
public life and started up her own social media site.
With
public and media
attention squarely
focused on the New York state budget agreement, the Department of Health on Tuesday quietly filed regulations for the state's medical marijuana program.