"America,it is time to focus on nation-building here at home."

VOA: special.2011.06.25

"And a lot of these bullying prevention and intervention programs that focus on bystanders have been shown to be the effective programs because they focus on changing that bystander behavior.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

"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

House-Senate negotiations will also focus on other issues, including provisions regarding abortion services, and those involving participation for illegal immigrants.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

The event's final declaration, negotiated over a nine-month period, is expected to focus on economic, environmental and energy concerns.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

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

VOA: standard.2010.02.04

Some of the experiments focus on studying how orbiting in space can affect the human body and plant growth.

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

That report,plus the revelation last month of the nuclear plant near Qom, has sharpened international focus on the Iranian program.

VOA: standard.2009.10.04

From Asia,Secretary Gates will travel to Slovakia for a meeting of NATO defense ministers expected to focus on Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.18

"The number one area we need to focus on, the biggest potential vulnerability, is a bomb on the body,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

The political analyst believes Cairo would be better off to focus on issues close to home, whether successful or not.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

Haitian authorities say they want donors to focus on creating jobs, because giving away food is disrupting the local economy.

VOA: standard.2010.03.22

He thinks NASA should focus on getting to Mars, not going to the moon under the Constellation program.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15