"Malawi is a landlocked state, it is one of the ones that we tend to worry most about, and yet it has demonstrated that when you focus attention on a problem you can make progress."

VOA: special.2010.04.26

"That's the wonderful thing about Earth Day is that it really provides a platform, an opportunity for grassroots organizations and community organizations to really focus on what's happening in their neighborhoods and their homes in their communities, in their businesses and to focus on the priority problems and to engage people maybe for the first time in taking environmental action."

VOA: special.2010.04.21

He said developing an ideology of confidence in condoms is not correct because it fails to focus on personal responsibility.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

"So that was a relief. I was able to put it to the side a bit, focus on football.

VOA: standard.2010.02.04

She said,'They think it's good.'" Clinton said the United States is making women a focus of its foreign-policy agenda.

VOA: standard.2010.04.28

In the meantime, Thabut says it's important to focus on the details that separate the most successful transplant hospitals from the rest.

VOA: standard.2010.07.14

It's definitely different. And it's something that I've seen my students enjoy, add the focus to it.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

The graduation rate for schools so he has taken their focus on winning Taylor says students value sports, and applied it to academics.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

It also objected to what it considered the Council's single-minded focus on alleged violations by Israel.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

Mullen said the goal sounds reasonable and that it is important for leaders to set such targets,in order to focus the efforts of their governments.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

At most American colleges, undergraduate students choose one area of study, like English or biology, and focus on it for all four years of their education.

VOA: standard.2010.05.12

"It feels amazing. I wouldn't be human if I didn't say it feels amazing" But Ohno added that passing Bonnie Blair's total has not been his focus.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

It's the regional approach. It's the focus on the civilian piece of this.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

It's the focus on the five-year program in Pakistan.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27