Sometimes there is a strong focus on slavery but weak punishments, says I.L.O.official Roger Plant.

VOA: special.2009.06.08

"America,it is time to focus on nation-building here at home."

VOA: special.2011.06.25

"And a lot of these bullying prevention and intervention programs that focus on bystanders have been shown to be the effective programs because they focus on changing that bystander behavior.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

"Malawi is a landlocked state, it is one of the ones that we tend to worry most about, and yet it has demonstrated that when you focus attention on a problem you can make progress."

VOA: special.2010.04.26

"That's the wonderful thing about Earth Day is that it really provides a platform, an opportunity for grassroots organizations and community organizations to really focus on what's happening in their neighborhoods and their homes in their communities, in their businesses and to focus on the priority problems and to engage people maybe for the first time in taking environmental action."

VOA: special.2010.04.21

He said developing an ideology of confidence in condoms is not correct because it fails to focus on personal responsibility.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

House-Senate negotiations will also focus on other issues, including provisions regarding abortion services, and those involving participation for illegal immigrants.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

We made a special effort towards the World Cup here in order to really have Africa in the focus,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

She said,'They think it's good.'" Clinton said the United States is making women a focus of its foreign-policy agenda.

VOA: standard.2010.04.28

The event's final declaration, negotiated over a nine-month period, is expected to focus on economic, environmental and energy concerns.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

"So that was a relief. I was able to put it to the side a bit, focus on football.

VOA: standard.2010.02.04

Some of the experiments focus on studying how orbiting in space can affect the human body and plant growth.

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

He worries about NASA's focus. "They're looking at putting money into various programs at NASA but not having any goals.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

But,the focus turned on Hayward, says economic and environmental policy expert Robert Faulkner of the London School of Economics.

VOA: standard.2010.07.27