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Flags of Our Fathers
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- Good luck was with me, that's all—the wind rippling the flag right, the men in fine positions, and the day clear enough to bring everything into sharp focus.†
Chpt 15.focus = a state where something has come into view or can be seen clearly; or an adjustment made to permit a clear view
- But something unusual happened to these six: History turned all its focus, for 1/400th of a second, on them.†
Chpt 1.
- Belle appealed to Ed to discipline the boy, to focus him back on the church and get his mind off football.†
Chpt 2.
- The intuitive brilliance he'd shown in childhood now focused acutely on the inner subtleties and structures of Marine life.†
Chpt 4.
- Hilltop, Kentucky, stirred when their Marine Franklin Sousley arrived home on furlough, proud, with a new focus and direction in his young life.†
Chpt 4.
- From what his friends recalled of him, he clung to his characteristic serenity and the exceptional focus that would guide him through his long and happy life in Wisconsin.†
Chpt 5.
- Then the boy focuses in on his mother, and becomes in his fantasy her Santa: "Above all don't forget yourself.†
Chpt 5.
- They must surely have focused on their landing beach, stamped "GREEN BEACH," adjacent to Mount Suribachi.†
Chpt 6. *
- The Japanese gunfire danced all around him, but Doc focused his mind on his training.†
Chpt 9.
- In later months and years, when the myth was found to be just that, other reporters focused their suspicions on the men on the mountain.†
Chpt 12.
- Jack First recalled Ira as stoic and focused throughout the ordeal.†
Chpt 13.
- But then Franklin lost his focus for just a moment.†
Chpt 13.
- If I focused on the telephone lines, even in the dark, I could see whether they supported thin parallel lines of fresh snow.†
Chpt 14.
- He focused on the needs of the families.†
Chpt 14.
- But at least, the hero could understand the focus of the emotion.†
Chpt 14. *
- With Ira impenetrable and John Bradley not yet in focus, it was the lean-faced, dark-browed Manchester boy, his mother and fiancée at his side, who confirmed the fondest elements of American wartime myth: the fighting hero as wholesome boy-next-door, eager for marriage, picket fences, and Mom's cooking.†
Chpt 15. *
- Fastidious John grew focused on his laundry.†
Chpt 16.
- On the surface, Belle remained the cool and focused prairie matriarch.†
Chpt 17.
- In this valedictory broadcast, flanked in the studio by Commandant Vandegrift and Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, John focused his remarks not on himself but on his comrades, the Marines.†
Chpt 17.
Definitions:
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(1)
(focus as in: Turn your focus to question #2.) to direct attention or effort toward a single thing; or the ability to do so without getting distracted
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(2)
(focus as in: The focus of our study is...) where attention is concentrated or directed
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(3)
(focus as in: bring into focus; or out of focus) a state where something has come into view or can be seen clearly; or an adjustment made to permit a clear view
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(4)
(focus as with technical usage) technical usage typically involves some sense of center or concentration such as:
- physics — a point where things come together such as the point where light rays meet
- geometry — a fixed reference point (as of a parabola)
- geology — the point of origin of an earthquake
See a comprehensive dictionary for other less common meanings. - (5) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)