In the midst of these competing claims for attention and support, cancer research is undergoing a paradigm shift.
Spurred by civic pride and a need for private donations and scarce Bush bric-a-brac to furnish former Bush homes, they have begun to make competing claims for attention.
But for now the Brombergs are doing an impressive job, their spicy lobster sushi roll and their star anise-marinated pork chop making equal claims for attention — and proving equally deserving of it.
The futuristic boxes of the basketball and handball arenas were coming to spirited life, and on the screens the equestrian arena in Greenwich Park and the rowing course at Eton Dorney and the incongruous beach volleyball on Horseguards Parade, different visions of Britain were pressing their red-button claims for attention.
But the ending parade of corset dresses made another strong claim for the attention of nominees at the upcoming Academy awards.
Her essay "A Poem Is Being Written" begins with "a claim for respectful attention to the intellectual and artistic life of a nine-year-old child, Eve Kosofsky," and moves on to consider her teen-age depression.
The exemption issue emerged at a Congressional hearing last January, when it was revealed that the number of players claiming exemptions for attention deficit disorder had mushroomed to 103 in 2007, from 28 in 2006.
As for therapeutic use exemptions, they emerged as an issue at a Congressional hearing last January, when it was revealed that the number of major leaguers claiming exemptions for attention deficit disorder had risen to 103 in 2007 from 28 in 2006.
It's time we claim back spaces for attention, that we regain a capacity to be present, to engage with the meaning of a story and stop scanning only for its tweetable bits.
When the world outside is screaming and claiming for our attention, yet deaf to anyone who cries for help, that is when we should turn inward and claim our Silent Hero.
