"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

We have not been as focused as we need to be on all the various steps that are needed in order to deal with Afghanistan."

VOA: special.2009.02.21

He notes that President Obama spent his first year in office focused on battling the economic crisis and reforming health care.

VOA: standard.2010.05.11

In this study, Hamer and his colleagues combined measurements of tobacco exposure with interviews focused on mental health issues.

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

But Biden countered that the Bush White House mishandled the conflict, and should have been more focused on fighting al-Qaida in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2010.02.14

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 difference is the developing countries have focused on public health, prevention and primary and prenatal care in the area of maternal mortality."

VOA: standard.2010.06.23

"I just got in the sled. I was focused. I knew the lines I had to drive.

VOA: standard.2010.02.28

The mission focused on treating the most critically injured patients in order to free up Haitian hospitals for those with less severe injuries.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

Germany currently has about 4,200 troops in Afghanistan, positioned mainly in the relatively-peaceful northern part of the country and focused on training missions.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

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

Everyone in the ship - NGOs,members of parliament, writers,academics,ordinary people, everyone in the ship are thinking the same idea and really focused on entering Gaza."

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

McKibben notes that the debate on climate change in the United States has been highly charged and focused not solely on science, but on ideology.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

The conference in New Delhi also focused on the issue of nuclear disarmament.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

His latest statement focused on the need to correct flaws in the aviation security system that allowed the would-be bomber to board the Detroit-bound flight in the first place.

VOA: standard.2009.12.29

Army Spokesman Major General Athar Abbas told reporters in Islamabad that so far, the military has focused on using heavy firepower in more isolated areas to try to reduce civilian casualties.

VOA: standard.2009.05.12

The reintegration project is focused on the provinces of Herat and Farah in Western Afghanistan, where hundreds of thousands of Afghan returnees and internally displaced people are living in precarious conditions.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

But these are things that can be minimized and lessened if Mexico and the United States work together, identify the most serious problems and try to fight them in very focused ways."

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

Protesters held rallies in cities across Pakistan, but much of the attention was focused on groups of lawyers and political activists in Karachi and Quetta, who officially started the so-called 'long march' to Islamabad.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

House Democrats have made some progress in recent days in bridging differences between liberal lawmakers focused on covering the uninsured and more conservative party members concerned about the cost of the reform effort.

VOA: standard.2009.07.31