Sometimes we make mistakes that serve as a wakeup call and draw our attention to a problem, giving us a chance to do something about it.
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.
Dodd's fellow senator from Connecticut, Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Lieberman, will travel to Texas on Thursday in a bid to draw attention to the state of health care, education and the environment in the Lone Star State.
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Mr Pugh, who currently works in London, has taken up the Thames challenge to draw attention to a campaign by environment organisation WWF (formerly World Wildlife Fund) to stop climate change.
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Undeterred, The Economist would like to draw attention to a new shortage: of acronyms and abbreviations.
Early Day Motions allow MPs to draw attention to a particular issue but very few are actually debated.
Rather, the letter that Cambodia's permanent mission in New York submitted to the chairmen of the Security Council and the General Assembly is meant to draw attention to a crisis that entered its sixth day Sunday.
If you feel compelled to lend support to a cause which may potentially draw negative attention to your company, step down from your day-to-day responsibilities, distance yourself from your former company and then begin a new career as an outspoken activist.
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He has encouraged staff to wear button pins shaped like footballs (the best way to embarrass a Bank official is to draw attention to them).
They do not, as a rule, draw attention to the gap between what was said the previous year and what was subsequently delivered.
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.
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If nothing else, recent events have shown that the media tycoon still has a sublime ability to draw attention to himself.
The ad's second page uses an archival engraving of a pointing hand to draw attention to the pesticide name, "Finish, " in purple letters.
On another level, Notebaert has been able to draw attention to how little Verizon is paying, a move that may force the company to dig deeper into its wallet.
Isn't this just the thing to draw attention in a Best Buy (nyse: BBY - news - people ) aisle?
Community organizer Morris-Moore says she and her group will continue to protest and try to draw attention to the need for a South Side center.
To draw attention to this situation and to formulate responses, UNESCO is holding a High Level Inaugural Event on 21 and 22 January, with the participation of Edward.
"What you're getting is a very athletic player, a great kid, smart kid, engineering major, " Reid said of Fisher, who really began to draw attention with a strong Senior Bowl, showing he could handle the highest level of competition.
The silent march was the idea of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's president, Benjamin Todd Jealous, who aimed to invoke a quiet protest down Fifth Avenue in 1917 that was meant to draw attention to race riots in East St.
We recognise this is the start not the end of a process, but wish to draw attention to the advances already made.
The city's manager of the department of neighbourhoods has spent weeks assuring them that the meters are just a way to draw the public's attention to the homeless and the services that help them.
This is the Cold War that we're talking about here and just, we wanted to draw attention to the Cold War for a few minutes, just one question - where do you, with your expertise, stand on the question of the civil service and whether it is under threat?
When he was denied tenure by MIT in 2007, he went on a hunger strike (briefly) to draw attention to his case.
They don't draw attention to the fact that you are a cyclist.
Speaking of sports, thanks to TiVo's partnership with Thuuz, some sporting event tiles have a number between zero and a 100 assigned to them to help draw your attention to the most exciting matches currently in play.
Sagem Orga was on the floor of MWC this week, a company that really doesn't typically draw a lot of attention outside wireless industry suits who fly out to Barcelona to broker deals -- at least, not until they do something totally insane like stuff a WiFi radio into a SIM card.
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Now Gary Goodman, of the International Association of Fairs and Expositions, points out that Madison Avenue is paying a lot more attention to the audiences that fairs draw in.
This idea is a curious one, which is why I want to draw attention to it.
"Great use of the whispering to draw attention, " said Jim Yoon, a 27-year old student at the Kellogg School.
Indeed, on very large stones of 20 carats and up it may make sense for a jeweler to take no profit: The monster pieces draw attention to the brand.
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