| Gently brush aside students' anxiety about not getting the answer by refocusing their attention on the problem at hand. |
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| Her eyes slid out of focus for a second, refocusing themselves on the wall behind me. |
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| Vincent sent her a sidelong glance before refocusing his attention on the road again. |
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| Shawn shot his eyes darkly toward his friend before refocusing his gaze on Selina. |
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| Every 15 minutes, spend about 20 seconds looking around the room and refocusing your eyes on a distant point. |
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| To date, the firm has resisted portraying the cuts as anything other than individual business units refocusing their resources. |
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| Daschle is faced with the formidable task of refocusing the nation's attention on domestic issues, particularly the economy. |
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| The refocusing of staff development and learning programmes to meet the Organization's functional and operational needs was positive. |
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| Similarly, I am unimpressed by the rantings of Socialists, like Mr Schulz, on refocusing priorities within the Lisbon process. |
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| The Summit has clearly also had an impact on the United Nations system, leading to a refocusing of its activities and galvanizing action. |
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| One would like to know precisely what effects refocusing a lens in a camera obscura would have on the perspective organization of Vermeer's interiors. |
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| In April, Kerr told The Sydney Morning Herald that she plans on refocusing her time towards being a mother and entrepreuner. |
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| The world's people are slowly refocusing upon higher values and more spiritual pursuits. |
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| Want to know how enterprises in both the public and private sectors are refocusing on and improving the customer experience? |
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| All life experiences are about refocusing on who we are so that our vibrational energy brings forth the essence of the source of who we are. |
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| He suggested refocusing the Committee to make it more effective, more operational, and quick to respond to new challenges. |
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| They represent a concrete step in the process of refocusing and embracing the Lisbon strategy. |
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| His lifework consisted of refocusing critical attention onto the condition of being human, specifically the complex structures and expressions concretised in everyday life. |
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| We are now refocusing our efforts on developing new services and products for unrepresented parties. |
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| What better way to whip up the base than by refocusing the debate on highly charged issues? |
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| Bringing back Urban and Lopez and hiring Connick, at least optimistically, hints that the show is refocusing on those contestants. |
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| This would go hand in hand with refocusing dismissal procedures towards early intervention and transition. |
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| In the meantime, a number of established partners seem to be reorganising their activities and refocusing their attention. |
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| These rightly propose a refocusing of the European Union's action to give it the means to tackle the new challenges it is facing. |
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| Due to the refocusing of its activity, new commitments were reduced sixfold. |
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| The Board asked the Chief Executive Officer to continue with implementation of his transformation plan aimed at refocusing Dexia on its basic business lines, namely those for which the Bank has strong commercial franchises. |
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| Nigerian military leaders have been refocusing their strategy towards Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram. |
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| During the era of Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin, Chinese policy reacted against extreme Maoism by refocusing on economism and consumerism, a reaction that appeared to trigger another deviation. |
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| Beyond ritualistic incantations on African communitarianism, the endlessly worsening economic crisis is refocusing attention on insecure households. |
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| Strategic refocusing on air coolers then began, which was accompanied in November 2005 by restructuring aimed at reducing the production breakeven point. |
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| In the South, the need to transform and reappropriate the development process leads to refocusing on local differences and contexts, by reappropriating the popular economy's concepts and adopting its social project. |
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| Jorum, the UK's national learning repository, is refocusing itself around OER, introducing new features and tools to aid the deposit and discovery of resources. |
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| It is based on a Maksutov catadioptric configuration that allows better control of chromatic aberrations over wide wavebands, with no refocusing required when passing from one exposure to another. |
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| By refocusing on its original mission, a stripped-down finance unit could help drive sales at GE's industrial operations by providing finance for large infrastructure projects and other activities. |
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| The Chinese PC-maker has dithered strategically first dropping its Legend name as part of an international growth drive, then selling non-core businesses and refocusing on rural domestic customers before doing the IBM deal. |
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| While refocusing the growth and jobs strategy on an improved performance-based approach, social inclusion and environmental standards should at no cost be left aside for achieving economic targets. |
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| This bill aims to clarify the measures applying to foreign banks operating in Canadian territory by refocusing the regulatory framework on the chartered banks and simultaneously excluding the near banks. |
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| In this context and in line with the Group's policy of refocusing on offshore, the women and men of BOURBON are united in their efforts to implement the BOURBON 2015 strategic plan, synonymous with creation of value. |
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| The Medical division underwent a restructuring in 2001, refocusing on core activities, i.e. on semi-finished products for the medical technology sector. |
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| Through the government's careful and strategic streamlining and refocusing of the program, we have repositioned Status of Women Canada as an instrument for promoting the full participation of women. |
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| More recently, strategic orientations of the refocusing and development plan marked the importance of real economy and responsible and sustainable growth. |
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| The corporate restructuring plan successfully implemented in January 2005 resulted in the refocusing of the Company's research spending and generated cost savings. |
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| In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Renault sold various assets to finance its inversions and acquisitions, refocusing itself as a car and van manufacturer. |
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