The Conservatives, running unopposed on the right, have so far largely ignored the NDP chief, concentrating their fire on Liberal leader Justin Trudeau, 43, who they characterize as inexperienced and "not ready" for high office.
In typically trenchant style, the Russian president told his defence chiefs to concentrate on building up infrastructure and military units in the Arctic.
But the keepers of the flame had different priorities for the sixth-generation car, which will be unveiled today in Detroit: instead of inventing a whole new Corvette, Dave Hill, the chief engineer, concentrated on fixing small glitches in the old one.
Rangers manager Ally McCoist this week admitted that his squad building plans were on hold while his chief executive concentrated on what King described as "cutting costs to match the income".
Fumi Nakashima, the sub-character chief designer, concentrated on giving characters from different regions and cultures distinct styles of clothing.
Its chief executive can concentrate on running the company rather than answering endless questions from investors, analysts and the press.
Bob Lutz, formerly chairman of the firm's North American operations and global product-development chief, is to concentrate on the latter role.
At Galvanize, Jim Deters, the chairman, said he recently stepped aside as chief executive to concentrate on getting more business from corporations.
Hiring different people for the two jobs can allow the chief executive to concentrate on running the business while the chairman and the board think strategically.
But, he stresses, he is not taking the reins, just helping in any way Mr. Loose asks, to free the chief executive to concentrate strictly on Corning's operations.
Ecclestone briefly stepped down from the board of Delta Topco, which owns the F1 Group, of which he is chief executive, to concentrate on the bribery case in Germany he faced earlier this year.
