• Nine-month-old babies already try to draw the attention of others to things they find important in their environments.

    FORBES: Talking About Yourself: The PR Impact

  • Two years later, she came to an early death after throwing herself in front of the king's horse in the Derby to draw attention to the plight of women.

    BBC: News | UK Politics | Benn's secret tribute to suffragette martyr

  • The allegations of rape and the blockades have started to draw international attention to the plight of the Penan, so far considered a national domestic issue for the state and federal governments of Malaysia.

    BBC: News - Today - Borneo tribe fights for survival

  • The Multi One Attitude Foundation will install a Water Pavilion in the heart of the Race Village in each port of call, in order to draw the attention of the general public and educate future generations about water preservation, highlighting the role of UNESCO in this area both with respect to the ocean and freshwater.

    UNESCO: THEMES

  • Okay, fellas: But the point of the sequester is to draw attention to the much more serious problem of entitlement spending.

    FORBES: Move up http://i.forbesimg.com t Move down

  • The Foundation is also installing a Water Pavilion in the heart of the Race Village in Brest, in order to draw the attention of the general public and educate future generations about water preservation and ocean pollution, highlighting the role of UNESCO both with respect to the ocean and freshwater.

    UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences

  • The Call from Paris is intended to draw attention to the perilous situation of these archives, to get the support of the United Nations General Assembly and to demonstrate the solidarity of archivists and users all around the globe, says FIAT.

    UNESCO: Communication and Information

  • Plan International's goal in picking a girl born in Uttar Pradesh as the seven billionth member of the world population is to draw attention to sex-selective abortion - the practice of aborting female foetuses in countries where male children are prized.

    BBC: The world at seven billion

  • Heffner, like most security researchers revealing dangerous bugs, argues that releasing an exploit may be the most effective way to draw attention to severity of the problem and convince both browser and router makers to fix the fundamental vulnerability.

    FORBES: "Millions" Of Home Routers Vulnerable To Web Hack

  • Shin Jong-dae, a professor at the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul, said the launches were likely an effort to draw attention of the international community, particularly the U.S. "North Korea is an expert at crisis diplomacy, or crisis marketing, " Mr. Shin said.

    WSJ: North Korea Fires Another Missile Sunday

  • They were welcomed by the Nepalese Crown Prince Dipendra, who has added his weight to an event which was billed as the world Budhhist summit and intended to draw attention to the sanctity of Lumbini.

    BBC: By Religious Affairs Correspondent Jane Little

  • But he said he changed his mind within hours of announcing the hung jury, because he wanted to draw attention to the confusing nature of campaign-finance guidelines.

    WSJ: John Edwards Jury Saw Guilt, but Lack of Proof

  • Save the Children chief executive Justin Forsyth, who accompanied her on the visit, said the PM's wife had helped draw attention to the impact of the "terrifying conflict".

    BBC: Samantha Cameron at a refugee camp for Syrians in Lebanon

  • Union leaders deny any intention of bringing it or the country to its knees, but many see Wednesday's stoppage as the first step in a campaign to draw attention to the problems of ordinary people.

    ECONOMIST: Colombia

  • Saturday's protest, organised by campaign group Kesri Lehar, aimed to draw attention to the fate of Bulwant Singh Rajoana, who was sentenced to death in 2007 for his role in the 1995 assassination of Beant Singh, the chief minister of Punjab state, in India.

    BBC: Sikhs protest in London over India death penalty

  • Still, even in cases where the alert itself has nothing to do with the resolution of a kidnapping, it can help draw more attention to the case from law enforcement.

    WSJ: Cleveland Women's Survival Odds Were Low, Even With Amber Alerts

  • "One of the reasons it is important for Wales to be at Venice is to continue to draw attention to the broader picture of art from Wales, " said David Alston, Arts Director for the Arts Council of Wales.

    BBC: Swansea artist Tim Davies heads to Venice Biennale

  • The brief for the Plastiki Expedition was to design a boat made out of plastic bottles that could be sailed across the Pacific Ocean that would draw attention to the problems facing the oceans as well as the kind of solutions that we need to implement.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • The idea was to try and draw attention to some of the beautiful and historic buildings of the city that so often go unnoticed as people go about their daily business.

    BBC: NEWS | UK | England | Tyne/Wear | Best foot forward for public art

  • Because of Gaffney's efforts to bring the treaty's defects to the attention of the Senate, however, LOST has begun to draw scrutiny.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Gaffney testifies against LOST

  • Viscount Colville of Culross, a former BBC producer and crossbencher, used his maiden speech to draw attention to the difficulty of finding paid work in the media.

    BBC: Peers call on government to support creative industries

  • The UN's reason for naming a symbolic date as seven-billion day is to draw attention to the speed of population growth, with less than 13 years having passed between the six-billion and seven-billion milestones.

    BBC: The world at seven billion

  • As activists began to draw attention to some of the issues surrounding these cases, governments began to take note.

    FORBES: Gold Rushes, Trade Agreements, and How Companies Sue Countries

  • Dean is merely closing the circle and banking that his full-service model will push individual acts to draw the attention of musical venture capitalists as backers, shifting the risk of signing an up-and-coming act from the record label to outside investors.

    FORBES: Swizz Beatz's Uncle Relaunching Ruff Ryders With Unusual Business Plan

  • Tymoshenko went on a hunger strike after the beating to draw attention to "violence and lack of rights" in her country.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • We did all we could to draw attention to the issue of pervasive illegal mutual fund trading.

    FORBES: Early Warnings of Mutual Fund Illegalities (October 1, 2003 )

  • Today, I want to draw your attention to the threat of Europeanization.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

  • Foreign correspondents, producers, camera crews, fixers and translators frequently risk their lives to draw attention to the history of the world as it unfolds.

    BBC: This is BBC News

  • To that end, investigations on the state or congressional level into the harmful economic effects of perjury would help draw attention to the matter.

    WSJ: Matthew Lifflander: The Economic Truth About Lying

  • His decision to draw attention to the levels of police numbers on the Peckham estate where 10-year-old Damilola Taylor was murdered was condemned by Downing Street.

    BBC: News Online

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