21.   Mrs. Donegan has retreated to some extent from the intense focus on career and success that marks Manhattan.

22.   Plus, sex became an intense focus for him.

23.   She has had an intense focus on her schoolwork, tennis and violin since she was quite young.

24.   Spokesman Bill Berry said one key is a more intense focus on getting early morning flights out on time, reducing the domino effect when they run late.

25.   Some worry that the intense adolescent focus on consuming will bring about a future in which an even greater number of Americans are living beyond their means.

26.   That way, all the top players could be available and Davis Cup would take on a much more intense focus.

27.   The current department chairman, Gilles Klopman, recalled how Olah directed students and colleagues with an intense focus on problem solving.

28.   The intense focus on costs is evident at the usually lavish chalets that line the airfield at Le Bourget.

29.   The intense focus on health care has been an obstacle to moving other major measures, but the delay owes as much to the approach of midterm elections.

30.   The intense focus on budget wheeling and dealing and campaign finance probes has relegated Superfund to the back burner.