1.   Thus the crucial objectives were to limit military expenditure and to focus resources on domestic issues.

2.   The Web certainly helps save time and allows you to focus resources in doing research and seeking out useful information.

3.   And colleges and universities have been slow in focusing their resources on public schools to help them prepare students for the rigors of college, she added.

4.   And new help from Congress could be meager as it focuses resources on terrorism.

5.   Arizona State University, meanwhile, has focused its resources on the Arizona Biomedical Institute and developing edible, plant-based vaccines.

6.   Baan Co. formed a global consulting group with eight outside partners that will let it focus more resources on higher-margin software sales.

7.   Besides its impressive membership rolls, the small-business federation has learned to use technology in innovative ways to help focus its resources on individual members of Congress.

8.   Bigger companies that a decade ago focused resources on in-house research and development are now looking to expand their capabilities.

9.   Black mothers increasingly are receiving prenatal care and schools are focusing more resources on at-risk students, factors cited as improving the lot of African American youth in Texas.

10.   -- As Japan focuses its resources on reconstructing Kobe, its export juggernaut may slow.