He described his reputation as a seer in terms resembling what psychologists call the focusing illusion — too much attention to some aspects of a thing and too little to others.
One way to understand Spider-Man's rebirth is through what we call the Focus-Expand-Redefine (F-E-R) cycle, which nearly every large enterprise is moving through at an accelerating rate these days.
Mr. Polsky calls the focus on short-term costs short-sighted.
Joe Torre, the Yankees' manager, called the focus on uniforms "a farce".
Adam Winkler, a second amendment expert at the UCLA School of Law, called the focus on the AR-15 "a distraction".
At one point, Mr. Paladino criticized special interests in education, calling the focus on the "United Teachers Association" a disgrace.
Among the 28 banned is Walden Bello, a 60-year-old Filipino who heads an NGO called the Focus on the Global South.
Epicentre, point on the surface of the Earth that is directly above the underground point (called the focus) where fault rupture commences, producing an earthquake.
Nabil Osman, a spokesman for the Moussa campaign, called the focus on Mr. Moussa "a smear campaign against non-Islamist candidates".
Mr. Friedman maintained the relationship — what he called "the focus of my life" — in many personal visits and exchanges of correspondence until Buber's death.
