Word: highlight
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...where some of the people didn't know what the tuition for Radcliffe students was--they thought it was thought it was different from the tuition Harvard students have to pay. I told them it was the same. It's important to have somebody there at these meetings to highlight these questions...
...highlight of the book is Andrews' testimony in his own defense at the trial. The alert reader will spot a small honorable lie that may or may not be only one of many. Like the impartial lawyer that he is, the narrator reserves comment as first the jury and then Andrews deliver separate, but mutually incompatible verdicts. That leaves the reader alone with the absorbing task of judging the life...
...trio was heartfelt, but the blending of the piano, cello, and violin depended on where you sat. People on the right had trouble hearing Kogan, people in back, Ma, and people on the left, Chang. This mattered little in the second movement, which was the evening's highlight. A rush of applause and ovation cheered the trio for one of the most exciting performances at Harvard in many years...
Captain Lissa Muscatine, playing number two, provided the highlight of the singles matches. The sophomore crushed Debbie Knopman in straight sets...
...purpose of these ritual "impeachments" was both to affirm the unity of the people around the kingship and to highlight conflicts around the person of the king himself. Even when no prince or sub-chieftan actually coveted the throne, the ritual demanded that they act as if they did. Their attacks on the king were necessary to emphasize the contrast between the sanctity of the kingship and the human failings of the king. If a particular monarch was a corrupt or cruel despot, the people would not seek to overthrow the social order, but would simply replace the king with...