Mets General Manager Steve Phillips said he was focusing on acquiring a relief pitcher, especially one who could take some of the burden off Turk Wendell and work late in games.
Minaya would like to add a corner outfielder, and he said he would be focusing on acquiring a "difference-maker".
Allen Shapiro, the chairman of the channel, said, "We are focusing on acquiring programs that have almost cultlike fans".
Some rock gardeners, for example, take plant fatalities in stride, focusing on acquiring seeds, germination and photographic proof that the impossible-to-grow alpine flowered at sea level.
Focusing on acquiring retail properties that have long-term leases, Mr. Dash said, Lightstone has been getting "fantastic value, and superb return -- 10percentt plus" and is closing on several properties each week, many of them in New Jersey.
With much of the ridge's northern portions already owned by the state or by environmental groups like the Nature Conservancy, the Shawangunk Ridge Coalition, which formed in 2000, is focusing on acquiring land to the south, before developers arrive.
If they did, they would take better care of their existing customers rather than focus on acquiring new ones.
Without having to manage the company's stock price, inevitably one of a chief executive's most distracting tasks, Mayer could focus on acquiring start-ups, jump-starting products and making strategic changes.
"Broadcom focused on acquiring Intel technology by inducing Intel employees to disclose trade secrets".
