The price rise will also bring into sharp focus the argument between the chancellor and shadow chancellor, about whether the government ought to be doing more to stimulate the economy.

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Lawyers for the defendant in this case seemed to focus their argument on the fact that rare-earth magnets were not commercially feasible until a few years ago (and evidently not available in the 1960s) when the lock was first developed.

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Not distracted by investors clamoring for quarterly earnings gains, so goes the argument, its managers can focus on long-term strategy.

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To me, the argument against an independent agency is that it would have a single focus.

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Opponents of a war against Saddam Hussein may well ask, why all the focus on Mr. Scowcroft personally, rather than on his argument?

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To me, the argument for an independent consumer protection agency is that it would have a single focus.

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There is still plenty to the argument that first caught on in the 1980s that breaking up a conglomerate lets managers focus more effectively on the needs of each of the parts of the sum.

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If he dithers again, the argument goes, he is in danger of becoming known as someone who doesn't have the drive and focus to undertake a presidential campaign--or, to look at it from another perspective, someone who has too much sense to get involved in such goings-on.

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