Clifton R. Lacy, the state health commissioner, spent much of the week concentrating on homeland security.
"It'd be better for the rest of us to spend the rest of the week concentrating on Green Bay".
Before a West Coast swing scheduled for the next few days, he was in Texas this week concentrating more on bass fishing than on politics.
Had Russia ignored Yugoslavia during the past decade, rather than flapping about it, Mr Primakov could have spent the week concentrating on his country's crumbling finances a more urgent matter to most Russians.
He overcame his slump, he said, because of the confidence he gained during the off-season when he said he spent hours in the gym six days a week, concentrating on his perceived weaknesses.
My training became more intense, and I became a real beast, working out with my trainer six days a week, concentrating on a different muscle group daily, doing two hours of cardio in the morning and afternoon, and running four miles nightly.
Lu spent five years at university studying primary maths teaching; trainee teachers on programmes like School Direct will spend less than two weeks concentrating on maths.
The two candidates spent their final weeks concentrating on downstate Illinois, where it was believed the race would be won or lost.
"We've put (managerial speculation) aside for the last six or eight weeks, concentrating on Barcelona, the FA Cup and Bayern Munich, but I think now we have to sit down and figure that out".
"What I've done well this week is concentrate," Toms said.
He attributed the improvement Green cited to using the extra week to concentrate on the regular-season game plan.
