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If they did seize their focus, they'd get a considerate "just go sit by the window for a second".
Focus on seizing and shaping strategic opportunities, not on executing plans.
But the reality is that the government's focus on seizing Mr. Madoff's assets for restitution is unusual.
Mr. Prokopov said the raid's focus on seizing weapons suggested that Chechnya's insurgents still had a reservoir of support.
Rebels in the city, contacted by telephone and via Skype, confirmed heavy fighting and said they continued to focus on seizing government buildings, with the most ferocious engagement in recent days involving a government television station.
Crucially, the risks of raids and diminished safe-havens on land have motivated the pirates to focus on seizing and reselling cargo and ships, rather than trying to negotiate ransoms.
Turner said his team, which came in with wins in four of its last five games, may have been guilty of losing focus after seizing a nine-point cushion while the Spartans missed their first nine field-goal tries.
Even before the repeal of D.C.'s handgun ban, the city's police reestablished a gun-recovery unit and focused on seizing illegal firearms.
Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the senior allied commander in Afghanistan, said at the end of August that "our strategy cannot be focused on seizing terrain or destroying insurgent forces; our objective must be the population".
Since then, I've focused on seizing opportunities when they arise.
