"Even though I never had a chance to talk to him, I can imagine when he was here how he had to stay focused against all the odds.

VOA: standard.2009.08.19

"I think I learned the skill of really staying focused and staying with a project, because at the beginning our business was not very popular, we were not selling very much, but I learned to stick with it and to not give up,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

"They are pairing great with poorer schools in a way that is very systematic and very much focused on improving results."

VOA: special.2010.12.16

"People have been surprised to see this aspect of Paik's work focused on because they are used to seeing the big banks of televisions with a lot of dancing and twisting images.

VOA: special.2011.05.18

Still,Mr.Obama is focused on creating jobs, a central message on his Tuesday visit to the economically-devastated state of Michigan.

VOA: standard.2009.07.14

Tea Party activists seem more focused on shifting the Republican Party in a more conservative direction than in forming their own political party.

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

The private meeting began with a few public remarks by the president, in which he focused on issues of vital interest to the governors.

VOA: standard.2010.02.22

Much of the president's campaign focused on the continuing fight against a simmering Islamic insurgency.

VOA: standard.2009.04.10

The U.S.presence,Mr.Obama said, will shift from military to civilian leadership, with a focused mission of training Iraqi forces, counter-terrorism operations, and protecting U.S.civilian and diplomatic personnel.

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

"Let's look forward. I think a lot of people have focused on the past.

VOA: standard.2009.08.28

Seven-and-a-half million people watched the TV debate, which focused on Britain's economy.

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

Attention has been focused on Senator Harry Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, as he works behind closed doors to try to meld two different committee versions of health care legislation into one bill for the full Senate to debate.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

"Most Americans wanted to hear president tell Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader Reid, and the rest of the Congress that it is time to start over on a common sense, bipartisan plan focused on lowering the cost of health care while improving quality."

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

"And he wrote a small book of about 60 or 70 pages that was specifically focused on Luo speaking Kenyans that were learning to read and become literate, and he wrote a small book in Luo as a part of that process."

VOA: standard.2010.07.10

He is replacing it with a plan that would provide a combined land- and sea-based capability more quickly, focused on shorter range missiles Iran could use to threaten Europe, with the option of expanding later to cover longer range missiles if necessary.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23