Sentence examples for nation focus from inspiring English sources

Like nothing else, a president showing up at the site of a humanitarian crisis makes the nation focus on it.

The stakes in having the nation focus on Philadelphia were underlined two weeks ago with the sensational airing of television footage of a half-dozen frustrated police officers finally capturing a fugitive car-jacking suspect and drubbing him with kicks and punches.

Today, our debates and disagreements about the state of the nation focus too often on abstractions and ideological differences.

The 99% movement made us as a nation focus on the growing social inequality that is threatening the very fabric of our social compact as a society.

As Congress and the nation focus more on health care reform now, it's well worth reexamining the history of how this vital connection was made between child health and national security.

If we could, as a nation, focus on and debate the important issues, those with the biggest impact, especially on the next generation, then we can start focusing on the big decisions we need to make.

Following the cataclysm, the nation focused its efforts on reconstruction projects and emergency aid, including resettling thousands of homeless families.

Once in a blue moon, our nation focuses a modest amount of attention on our schools, and their purpose.

Exploring the origin of the same theme, "Yeast Nation" focuses on the moments after life emerged out of rock and sea.

GREENVILLE, S.C. — With much of the nation focused on South Carolina, the state's defiant nature and quirky brand of politics are on full display.

In 2006, we were ground zero in this debate, as the nation focused on our hotly contested stem cell ballot initiative.