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He was completely focused on finding the solution to a puzzle that had occupied him for more than eight years.

It was wrong of me to let my imagination take control of my actions, so I focused on learning the facts.

With a magnifying glass, the rays of the sun can be focused to set grass or paper on fire.

While bond yields are sending off worrying signals about Ireland and Portugal, the euro seems to be focused on other things.

To be fair, at least half of our pseudoscience features focused on debunking these practices instead of supporting them.

Performing freestyle soccer allowed athletes to be focused on every movement, maneuvering the ball and their body as if it were one.

The report focused on figuring out how much time people in the UK have spent on the most popular social networking sites in September 2009.

According to a Bush spokesperson, the participants focused on the nature of the enemy and the challenges in the war-torn region.

Media tablets are for 'connectivity, notebooks are focused on computing and desktops will be used for home storage, ' she said.

The main developments in ART have focused on manipulating the production of a woman's eggs through the administration of fertility drugs.

Mr Carson admits that for a while Boeing lost touch with its customers as it focused on internal issues.

Backgrounds can be a bit repetitive but it's not really that of an eyesore. The attention becomes more focused on the character on screen.

With spending rising rapidly, attention is now focused on to trying to control costs.

'If I am really focused and really into the piece, it takes two to three hours over the course of a week' to finish, he says.

Perhaps sensing there was no time for that, he focused only on the work.

They had a strong culture of measurement, used feedback well and focused the business on only a few initiatives.

But grab hold of the focused, steely professional who turns up with an open mind ready to perform, does so, and then quietly moves on.

it's like an extended coffee break in terms of real participants, and like a focused meeting in terms of delivering attainable action plans.

The key thing we are focused on is allowing applications to be deployed to any of these environments without modification.

So, you've adopted agile and are trying to follow its guidance to keep your team and its members focused and effective.

Investments seem to be more focused and grounded in economic logic rather than just a conglomeratisation [expansion] drive.

You'll be ready to start the day with a clear, focused mind and plenty of energy, whether you're heading off to work or to your yoga mat.

Only duty-bound to open all of the United States focused on the moment you enjoy.

Most importantly those of the Light have continued to keep focused on Ascension, and helped raise the consciousness levels on Earth.

He said the province has focused on clean solutions by developing solar power, windmills, bio-fuels and nuclear plants.

Keep your head up and your eyes focused on what you know to be ture.

I think I'm going to have fun this time round. I have been unfocused for so long, I should at least be focused about having fun yes?

You've just got to be focused on doing your job and giving everything for the cause.

It shows how much it means to him to win and people focused only on the negative side because he was captain at the time.

We seem to be the only guys that are really focused on building innovative products.

By that I mean it has to remain focused on telling the story, rather than trying to be Literary.

He achieved nothing in his whole life because he never focused his attention on anything more than, say, a few months.

To keep myself focused on the paper in front of me, I'd visualize a set of blinders for my eyes, and an imaginary fort around my desk.

The study of the victims is often focused on the right of the victims and is rarely focused on the faults of the victims.

In the poor countries the main concern focused on the question of growth versus income distribution.

I guess that just egged them on, considering how much they focused on screwing with me.

Back in early March, TSE president Atsushi Saito said the group was pondering some kind of combination with the derivatives-focused OSE.

Goals are a good thing and will keep you focused, but make it a policy to keep them realistic.

The U. S. data flow was heavy but did not deliver much direction for the markets as investors remain focused on this week's employment data.

Then she looked at me with her old look -- big eyes, focused eyes, healthy expression_r_r, no pain, no fear.

It is as easy to create a castle as a button. It's just a matter of whether you're focused on a castle or a button.

This season could be very important to me and I desire to be focused in my work.

Up to September 15, debate focused on moral hazard, or the extent to which government bail-outs encourage irresponsible behaviour.

But he has been focused on an army career for at least two years and far be it from me to influence his decision.

Immigration was raised again, but this time tensions were expected to be focused on Mexicans entering Canada, not the United States.

So if you've been able to stay focused to the end of this column, perhaps you're happier than when you daydreamed at the beginning.

Storytelling was the most inappropriate activity of all, for it focused attention on her language disability.

And all she did attempted to make all eyes be focused on her, no matter bad or good.

Don't be so focused on looking for your weaknesses that you forget to ask about your strong points.

The conference, as the identity of its host would seem to imply, was heavily focused on the power of technology to combat radicalism.

The proposal was the buzz among the assembled central bankers as they focused on how to deal with the next cycle.

The U. S. Senate has dropped efforts to put emissions curbs in an energy bill now focused on reforming offshore drilling.

But the business is now better focused and it has a strong presence in the US as well as the Asia-Pacific region.

In the PC era we were all focused on trying to manage the information on our computers -- we were acting as librarians.

Stars emigration to abroad is no longer odd news, but such news happens frequently is inevitable to be focused by the public.

It would just make it worse if I focused on those eyes cutting everything else in the world out of my frame.

Where that experience used to be a dedicated, focused period of the day, it is now opportunistic, serendipitous, and targeted.

He was like the orchestra conductor who brought everyone together and focused them into a single melody.

The scrutiny is often focused on a complex political and legal struggle between school administrators, education officials and city leaders.

He focused by thinking how much he would like to kill the man he drew.

He said the programme would also help cut complexity at Hugo Boss and deliver a more "focused" collection.

While JAXB is only focused on a Java-to-XML binding, XML isn't the only kind of data being bound to SDO.

The results are good, and these lenses, which need to be focused completely manually, are surprisingly easy to use.

As a doctor, it is necessary for you to pay a regular visit to your patients, assuring them that your attention is still focused on them.

HSBC and Standard Chartered, whose businesses are more internationally focused, had never been expected to take part.

Republicans focused on Ms Kagan's lack of experience as a judge (she was an academic before being appointed solicitor-general).

Both calls focused on financial projections, company valuations and an analysis of the deal put together by the company and its advisers.

Gould said the parents of a 14-year-old tennis player were concerned their son was not focused all the time.

Yesterday he said the election was "an opportunity to move from a policy focused on a personality to one based on an entire people" .

If the sun's rays are focused on a piece of paper with a lens, the intensity of the concentrated energy burns the paper.

For decades, discussions about the international monetary order focused on the way that it appeared to be dominated by the US.

LoL yeah we are a small country but it's not so focused on military, more on PEOPLE wellbeing and welfare you know. . .

Are the children able to stay focused or does it become a playtime?

Jutta Eckstein has focused much of her consulting and research on how Agile methods can be applied to software development in the large.

The media [started portraying] Sarkozy as a vulgar, insecure celebrity-worshipper focused only on himself and his place in the limelight.

People Magazine: At Beijing University and students communicate, your report focused on the question of judicial independence.

Much of the preceding discussion has focused on the technical requirements for a piece of software to be termed a component.

It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.

He said she had appeared focused when giving an "incredible performance" for a recent studio recording of a duet with Tony Bennett.

The company culture is characterized by an open and informal working atmosphere and focused on result.

And as you are traveling down your road, don't look down at your feet. Keep your head up and your eyes focused on what you know to be true.

You know, as I said, I, I am so focused on what I'm doing.

"Citi has a very strong capital and liquidity position, " a spokesman said, adding that the bank was "focused on executing our strategy" .

He said the list focused on those responsible for developing Pyongyang's nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programmes.

Doing things like this in other areas of your life will help you keep things in priority and keep you focused on your goals.

All seem to be focused around the students cleaned out the lights, like his smile too.

I focused my eyes on the screen to see some footballers in blue trying to surge the ball forward late in the game with the score at 2-2.

The FBI would not comment, but one source says the investigation is focused on the company and not individuals of this time.

Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.

"BELLA, WHY DON'T YOU TAKE OFF, " MIKE SUGGESTED, his eyes focused off to the side, not really looking at me.

Doing things like this in other areas of your life will help you keep things in priority and keep you focused on your goals.

All seem to be focused around the students cleaned out the lights, like his smile too.

Its creditors and former clients are focused on the more practical question of what can be salvaged from the wreckage.

We're very happy with the result - we were all very focused and determined to work hard and that's why we got the win we deserved.

I focused my eyes on the screen to see some footballers in blue trying to surge the ball forward late in the game with the score at 2-2.

The FBI would not comment, but one source says the investigation is focused on the company and not individuals of this time.

Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.

"BELLA, WHY DON'T YOU TAKE OFF, " MIKE SUGGESTED, his eyes focused off to the side, not really looking at me.

Consider doing a few months with a life coach or signing up for a weekly seminar or class that keeps you focused on achieving results.

IISS says that with so much attention focused on China and India, the naval expansion of other Asian countries is often overlooked.

"BELLA, WHY DON'T YOU TAKE OFF, " MIKE SUGGESTED, his eyes focused off to the side, not really looking at me.

Consider doing a few months with a life coach or signing up for a weekly seminar or class that keeps you focused on achieving results.

IISS says that with so much attention focused on China and India, the naval expansion of other Asian countries is often overlooked.

EVER since Greece plunged into a sovereign-debt crisis in 2009, investors have focused on which European country might be next.

It's so bad he got lost in all the excitement. If he had just stayed focused he could've been a great leader.

If I was focused on the task without wasting energy and being overwhelmed I'm sure that I would have had a better time doing it.

Slowly, over years of focused devotion, you begin to know and realize all appearances to be the display of the wisdom of the master.

And I never looked at the clock for several hours and I was focused on the task at hand without trying to force myself to focus.

For years, he said, the Silicon Valley company has focused on tying together people on the Web, mapping out who knows whom.

He may have been disappointed in himself, even shaken, but outwardly he was as smooth and focused as a socket wrench.

For years, he said, the Silicon Valley company has focused on tying together people on the Web, mapping out who knows whom.

He may have been disappointed in himself, even shaken, but outwardly he was as smooth and focused as a socket wrench.

Consistency among the various mechanisms that expose elements' interest levels helps make the Focused UI predictable and easy to use.

Doing all I could do to keep focused on my own practicing, I continued to ignore him.

She was so focused on her career, she said, that she never noticed her daughter had a lazy eye.

He focused on his job, worked to regenerate the land, and was able to reign for many more happy years.

Right now he is focused on trying to shift dirty, low-wage manufacturing out of Guangzhou to the countryside, where jobs are still scarce.

Do not take your eyes off the ball too early for this shot. You must be completely focused on the ball.

He focused on the 'repo' market, in which firms sell assets in exchange for cash to fund operations, often just overnight or for a few days.

The decision to widen the focus was necessary, as, he said, "there were too many galleries focused on Chinese contemporary art. "

He focused on the 'repo' market, in which firms sell assets in exchange for cash to fund operations, often just overnight or for a few days.

The decision to widen the focus was necessary, as, he said, "there were too many galleries focused on Chinese contemporary art. "

Qiu Deshu focused on creativity of ink painting out of his potential as he was not out of any academy or school.

Most of my attention has been focused on personal change, on adapting to the world rather than trying to make it better.

Keep your eyes focused on the mountain top, as you stay centered within the God power of the moment and you will not be led astray.

Sir Martin is now focused on smaller acquisitions, of which the company typically makes around 30 a year.

All teammates have a great desire to win and are really focused and ready to give their best in The Finals.

He focused on the future: maybe, he said, the same forces that had brought him down could lift his daughter up.

All you could ever hope for is already connected to you. But you cannot see that connection when you're constantly focused on getting more.

Everything we've done up to this point focused on tweaking the individual classes.

Everything we've done up to this point focused on tweaking the individual classes.

The Bank has also focused on developing tools to measure the effectiveness of its support to governance and anticorruption.

My attention is now focused on Earth, particularly, and its concluding moments before the next phase of its evolution begins.

Instead of worrying so much about what others thought of him, he focused on doing what was best for the patient and the institution.

He would guide me over the next two years, cautioning me to remain focused and committed and never bitter.

He took the glass and focused the sun on some dried wood.

Clearly, I and my entire team would have to be very focused and disciplined, in both our actions and our communications strategy.

Japanese manufacturers had been focused on cutting production and exports as inventories piled up in response to shrinking demand.

The majority of research on memory is focused, as you might expect, on the remembering side of things - how much, how accurate and so on.

During the game I'm so focused and enjoying so much the good things, the negative things, trying to change things, that I don't feel it.

During the game I'm so focused and enjoying so much the good things, the negative things, trying to change things, that I don't feel it.

"This is focused on the app team" at a business, which often has no insight into hardware performance, he said.

I'm focused on trying to get back to 100% as soon as possible and I'm ready to play in every game.

as with Harry Hochheiser and me, one of your outriders may well find a huge win nearby that you were just a little too close-focused to see.

Particular attention has focused on celibacy, though many experts dismiss the idea that this could be a direct cause of abuse.

The piece of glass focused the sunbeams on the paper, which began to smoke in a little while.

Some believe that GE would be more valuable if it broke itself up, or at least became more focused.

Every conversation they have with a current or potential customer can be focused down and turned into a blog post!

RBS and UBS declined to comment. A Yanzhou spokesman said the company was focused on the transaction and declined to comment further.

The private meeting began with a few public remarks by the president, in which he focused on issues of vital interest to the governors.

The private meeting began with a few public remarks by the president, in which he focused on issues of vital interest to the governors.

Verizon said the content, which focused on the issue of abortion, could be considered "controversial or unsavory. "

So in the SIMS 3, uh, what you're focused on as a player is trying to fulfill your character's destiny.

"We're not focused on a dedicated e-reader or device of any kind, " said Tom Turvey, the company's director of strategic partnerships.

We've never been focused on trying to be a time sink.

Many housing activists believed the company had become so focused on Wall Street that it had lost sight of its mission.

You have focused so strongly upon physical reality that it become the only reality that you know.

Attention is like a beam of light - the focused power of your consciousness that transmutes everything into itself.

Reappraisal, focused distraction, and acceptance seem to be good mental strategies for dealing with unwanted thoughts or emotions.

For three weeks, pediatricians and neurosurgeons focused on her head, taking CT scans to see whether she had bleeding there.

In terms of style of language, he focused on the word choice and language expression, which exerted an influence upon the later poems.

It is quite a loud ground, but I enjoy the atmosphere, it gives you a bit more motivation and keeps you focused.

in movie contents, he adopts the method of historic description for Chinese tradition and that of focused perception for we stem tradition.

We focused on making this a guys trip where we didn't overbook our time with trying to see too many sites or visit too many courses.

In a technology-focused business it's all too easy to overlook the powerful effect that individual attitudes have on a project team.

People are concerned about themselves and what is going on in their own lives, just as you are focused on what's going on in yours.

She said, 'They're smart people, so you'll learn from her and be focused.

I expected someone to come out with a college- focused network and that eventually happened.

So far utilities have been so focused on tamping costs that they haven't been willing to pay for robust across-the-board security measures.

So she focused in on the space property, and all that sense of the house on fire suddenly disappeared.

"I think at the moment what we are focused on is to win together with the squad we chose at the start of the season, " he said.

Mr. Rose didn't rule that out, but said the company had no current plans to do so and was focused on virtual goods for now.

Mr Shen later said the QIA was more focused on emerging markets, particularly in Asia, and was diversifying away from the US as a result.

In reality, it was more decentralized than in the United States, which had one focused Apollo program.

But when nearly all the questions at Ye's news conference focused on doping, the feisty teenager in her bubbled to the surface.

This forces these two dependent projects to be very focused on realistic status, as well as be careful about assigning new activities.

Although an immersive application tends to be focused on providing diversion, its appearance still needs to integrate with the task.

Ron (wearing embroidered green robes) is focused off to the left and has his mouth open as if surprised or frightened.

Dear Hearts, each of you is a human Light point, interacting with all others, to produce a global web of focused consciousness.

It grew rapidly from its origins as a site focused on members' musical interests into a more eclectic network.

But it also has a political class focused on addressing its real problems, as well as a mountain of savings with which to do so (unlike us).

But I would be a little nervous about this merger if I were a vendor focused on the smaller end of the market.

The fourth part of this paper is the focus of the company focused on financial management mechanism in the core part - operating mechanism.

If you want to be a good listener - especially in a foreign language - you've got to stay focused.

But Thomas wasn't to be discouraged: she looked for a new school and focused on her favourite subjects, music and theatre .

As I said last month, writing just enough code to make a test pass keeps code simpler and keeps me focused on the task at hand.

In the midst of your seniors' frenetic, friends-focused summer, make a strong effort to arrange times for them to say family goodbyes.

But the company is still predominantly focused on the Shanghai area and is better known for its diary operations.

It's really easy, given the time pressures and the pace of our work, to put blinders on and be very project-focused.

He said Angar had focused on improving relations between the population and the police.

She was an excellent student: always present and focused on the lessons. She took extensive notes, she participated fully.

An H-P spokeswoman said the company is focused on running its business.

We adopt a rational design process, which is often analytical and typically highly focused.

Instead of being able to browse through Amazon's offerings, the user is taken to a landing page focused on a few book covers instead.

I should have had an inkling such focused determination would take that young man wherever he wanted to go.

That way in your folder-focused desktop client, the messages will be in one place and easy to transfer to your new account.

My view of stock market was always focused on the long-term, and I never bothered about the shot-term gains and losses.

Keeping the children focused was a real challenge.

Had policymakers focused on the income-based measure, their reaction might have been speedier and better informed.

While a few seemed to play just for fun, most folks were focused on the game as if their life depended on winning the round.

Originally, the debate focused on the question of whether lighter-touch regulation could boost US competitiveness.

If you Can t express in a sentence or two what you intend to get across, then your speech is not focused well enough.

In the PARSIFAL study, researchers focused on children brought up in a farming and "anthroposophic" lifestyle.

With its gut-focused benefits, transgenic milk might eventually be able to save many of those children.

A typical photodetector is made of a silicon chip a few millimetres across onto which light is focused by a small lens.

By the last two years of school, many students are focused on what comes next.

At the time, George Varhola Jr. , a fellow Tucson cyclist, was focused on his wife's recovery from breast cancer.

In one market at least, investors would have done better to remain focused on growth rather than income.

Note that this article is focused on helping you to fall asleep now and again.

Mars in this house alone suggests you would be very focused on your significant other (or with more worldly business partnership issues).

So the Democrats focused instead on recalling the eight Republican senators over a year into their terms who had voted for the reforms.

Any such information should be easy to search, focused on the user's task, list concrete steps to be carried out, and not be too large.

This review focused on the subtyping methods of Listeria and application of these methods to its epidemiological investigations.

In the1940' s Brandt found an old Kodak box camera with a wide-angle lens focused on infinity and began using it to photograph nude .

I've discovered that others find this refreshing as well, as it makes meetings more focused and creates an urgency to get to the point.

Of course, keep focused on markets like the United States and Europe, but simultaneously work to tear down trade barriers among yourselves.

No doubt George Bush and Dick Cheney thought that both Iraq and Afghanistan would be precisely such focused, limited operations.

South Korea and the United States are focused on restraint and not letting the situation get out of control, the admiral said.

If he had just stayed focused he could've been a great leader.

The geography is important because the grapes that grow out of that mineral-rich soil are left with abundant acidity and a focused purity.

Of course, sitting still can be a good thing if it involves renewal, reflection, and focused attention (or having meals with the family).

But some other conservatives, more deficit-hawkish and less tax-focused, see a VAT as one of the less unpalatable of a menu of bad options.

Our earlier materials introduced and focused upon the unity concepts and thought-form of the Language of Light single, dual and tri tones.

Cox agreed, noting that Facebook is focused on being a platform and a service, and not just a destination site.

He focused on developing players that understood how creating 'space' and movement 'off the ball' produced opportunity.

Amid objections that this was too harsh, negotiations had then focused on a softer, but more complex French roll-over plan.

What would your energy and attention be focused on instead? (Go ahead and give it a try).

I just got to write, and I focused my energy on producing the best content I could.

Nitrobenzene is one of the toxic compounds. Much work had focused on biodegradation of it sofar .

Speculation is focused on additional easing measures by the Bank of Japan, including expanding a funding scheme for short-term loans.

During the fasting period I felt light, agile, mentally focused, happy, and ready to take on the world.

Amid objections that this was too harsh, negotiations then focused on a softer, but more complex French roll-over plan.

The market is completely focused on Europe and is likely to be very jittery as we head into today's EU summit.

Transportation research in the United States in 1978 and 1979 focused on trying to make automobiles more energy efficient.

The rate of this precipitation process depends on the intensity of the emotional energy and the clarity of the desire being focused upon.

Pentax has always been kind of an engineering oriented company, and now Hoya is maybe a little more business focused?

Outside Japan, where it offers a broad cosmetics line-up, the company has focused on burnishing its reputation for luxury products.

As the individual sits in meditation, his mind focused on an affirmation (an idea), spiritual energy begins to move upward from the gonads.

However, if the company is focused on terminological consistency, a simple list will not be enough.

But I believe that some of the young New Economy firms focused on attracting talent through short-term perks, rather than long-term value.

A year ago News Corp executives talked about relaunching the site as an entertainment focused site.

Since the vote, the president-elect has focused on reassuring the country that she will provide continuity.

and was known for fiery sermons, like this one in 2003 that focused on what he believed were U. S. government efforts to mistreat blacks.

The implementation of the method utilizes the time delay spectrometry (TDS) technique and a set of focused acoustic sources.

To become a brand, you've got to become relentlessly focused on what you do that adds value.

In September, we put out a more detailed set of proposals specifically focused on managerial reform.

He said: "I feel it (the Arshavin saga) has overshadowed things, yes, but let's be quiet, focused and continue on. "

Many brands to grow quickly, an increasing high degree of industrial concentration, various advantages focused resources began to advantage.

However, in the last couple of years it's morphed into a more Web-focused conference.

All that's left is to actually be present with your partner during the focused time you have together.