Some jobs can and have to be run in parallel, but one person should probably not be doing more than one thing literally at the same time, lest quality suffer.
So, is raising the minimum wage the right thing at the right time or is the net effect one that actually depresses the opportunity to increase jobs at a time when jobs are so badly in need?
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It is possibly the one thing that the entire political class does each day, all at the same time.
Wall Street is notorious for its ability to focus on only one thing at a time, and at the moment that thing seems to be the Eurozone.
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"The first thing in my mind was how in the world Mr. Edwards could ask one more thing of us, " Young said of her thoughts at the time.
For one thing, the time commitment is major, especially at the beginning of treatment.
At the same time, there is one thing that sets her apart from ordinary Indonesians: She is founding president Sukarno's daughter.
He said the idea that meditation trained the brain to attend to just one thing at a time fitted in with previous research.
"Like boxing, it's about convincing your opponent you'll do one thing so you draw them into doing the wrong action at the wrong time, or in the wrong place and then take advantage of their error to hit them, " says Ms. Halls.
"The fact is that the Legislature is capable of doing more than one thing at a time, " he said.
Most doctors also advise heart patients to minimize stress, but stress is one thing Cheney will have a hard time avoiding--at least for the time being.
Carter-Williams did a terrific job of dealing with one thing at a time, so much so that he was chosen as the top player in the East Regional for helping No. 4 seed Syracuse beat No. 1 seed Indiana, then No. 3 seed Marquette, to make it to the Final Four for the first time since winning the 2003 NCAA championship.
He slid the whole lot out of the envelope, and put it all back, one thing at a time.
"I think it's a reasonable request to say, 'We're willing to do one thing or another, but it's hard to do both at the same time, ' " Hansman said.
Samsung, for one thing, does elaborate scenario studies so it can release the right stuff at the right time in the right place.
Of course, that doesn't change the fact that you've got to get the check from someone in the first place... but, you know, one thing at a time.
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The Multitasker: This person absolutely cannot focus her attention on just one thing at a time.
Simply put, we tried to learn how to focus on one thing at a time and how to fully become absorbed in that mindful study without yielding to the thousands of thoughts that our minds can produce.
One thing we are finding out is that shoppers charging their vehicles spend more time at our malls than the typical shopper.
One reason that this may have happened, of course, is because the last thing the administration needs at this time is the grief that it's been getting from governors, increasingly Republicans and Democrats, who say this law is unworkable, it's unfunded and it's intrusive.
For one thing, it is unimaginable that the United States would choose to expand the power and influence of the United Nations at a time when evidence of the latter's corruption, malfeasance and inherent anti-Americanism is growing by the day.
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