• He argued that existing legislation in this area focused on under-fives' participation in institutions such as nurseries or childcare centres, and that more needs to be done to encourage parents to give their children "a chance to get their foot on the bottom rung of education before they go to primary school".

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  • Europe-focused exporters were under pressure in Asia as investors continued to fret over euro-zone debt problems, with sentiment cautious before the Spanish debt sale.

    WSJ: Asia Markets End Mixed

  • Despite operating under by-laws which purport to be focused on the welfare of college athletes, when the NCAA held a vote to allow (but not to require) schools to offer four- or five-year scholarships, 205 of 330 Division I institutions voted against the new rule and the measure passed by the narrowest of margins, as a supermajority of 207 schools was needed to uphold the ban.

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  • The Tory campaign under the direction of party chairman Chris Patten focused on hammering Labour over tax - and on the personality of John Major.

    BBC: CONSERVATIVE VICTORY

  • It also suffered from wrongheaded marketing that focused on "image" rather than hard-core golf values under its former chief executive, ex-Revlon head George Fellows.

    WSJ: How TaylorMade Made Its Move | Golf Journal by John Paul Newport

  • And while the detective, Stephen Hoban, described the activities in a new legal filing in U.S. District Court as narrowly focused on a few people under investigation, text messages show a wide-ranging effort.

    WSJ: NYPD messages to Muslim informant: 'Get pictures'

  • But unlike the last build-out, when companies buried thousands of miles of long-haul fiber-optic cable under the sea and across continents, today's construction is focused more on connecting local homes and businesses with faster Internet pipes.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • It focused on one main area, Decision Making (Choices), under the sub-theme, "Don't follow the tide, U decide" .

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  • Writing under the pen-name Gul Makai, she exposed the suffering caused by the militants and particularly focused on her attempts to continue her education.

    BBC: Malala Yousafzai: Reward offered for arrest of attackers

  • Mrs May told the Commons that T-Pims would be "more focused and targeted" than the control orders regime set up under Labour, which was "neither perfect nor entirely effective".

    BBC: Updated anti-extremism strategy published

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