Finally, largely Muslim Indonesia is a focus of our war on terrorism, meaning the U.S. will do whatever it can to ensure that Indonesia builds a prosperous middle class.

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"By choosing to focus on something, you give it a personal meaning that makes it easier to remember, " he writes.

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In the world of scoring for companies that focus on the so-called triple bottom line, meaning people, planet and profit, B Lab has one of the most rigorous rating systems.

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Asked about plans for acquisitions, Pfizer said its focus is on "bolt-on" deals, meaning purchases of companies with complementary businesses or products, with a price tag of up to several billion dollars.

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The international conferences will focus on the on-going discussions about open access to education and culture, using and applying creative commons licenses, meaning and development of free software, and challenges for intellectual property rights.

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For one thing, women are more motivated by the purpose or meaning of their work than men, who focus more on compensation and their job titles.

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Obama's renewed focus on climate, including his call for "market-based" solutions -- meaning reopening the idea of carbon markets or other such mechanisms, a couple of years after such ideas were considered by many to be dead -- was a return to promises made long ago.

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