"The large EU fines we face, if we don't get to grips with this problem, should now focus ministers' minds", he said.
Games are being organized, dominoes and cards among them, to keep the miners working as a team and their minds focused, government ministers said here.
Treasurers have always had a thing for "offsetting savings" – focusing fellow ministers' minds by demanding they look for ways to save as much money as they want to spend.
In a second concurrence, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., joined by Justice Elena Kagan, wrote that it would be a mistake to focus on ministers, a title he said was generally used by Protestant denominations and "rarely if ever" by Roman Catholics, Jews, Muslims, Hindus or Buddhists.
Fourth, you need to keep ministers focused – not on making cuts, but on creating more effective government.
At the talks Tuesday in Luxembourg, ministers focused on putting together a deal by December that would outline procedures to be used for dealing with failing banks.
Dr. Hopkins excels at building those networks, finding local leaders to run them, and keeping health ministers focused even as the years pass.
The meeting of finance ministers focused on the Greek financial crisis and EU economics, but Osborne used the opportunity to brief his colleagues on the rollout of the UK negotiating position over the next two months.
Circulation of the Daily Telegraph on Saturday 9 May, the second day of revelations that focused on Labour ministers, rose by 52,000 copies on the previous week, according to unofficial figures seen by MediaGuardian.co.uk.
Mr Melding said asking closed, focused questions of ministers in committees in the public interest was "a high skill" and the costs involved were "not disproportionate".
