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...Light/White Heat" and "Rock and Roll." The lead guitarist concentrated mostly on rhythm which left a void in many of the arrangements. Finally, the give and take between Reed and his band during the Academy of Music sessions was more pronounced--the band was given a share of the limelight during the instrumental breaks but quickly crept into the background the moment Reed's vocals would re-emerge. Thus the musicians had identities of their own but no mistake would be made as to whom the people came to see. Reed unquestionably remained the dominant force throughout...
Harvard's last stand in the limelight was in spring of 1972, when I was a freshman, Richard Nixon was president, and American mines filled Haiphong Harbor. A group of black students wanted Harvard to sell its stock in Gulf Oil, whose payments for offshore drilling rights in Angola helped support Portuguese rule there. The students seized the occasion of the University-wide strike against the minint of North Vietnam, and occupied Massachusetts Hall. For a week the Yard resounded with bongo drums and abounded with picketers, but the occupiers finally left quietly and Harvard asked them to withdraw...
...city manager issue held the limelight this year, as well it might in any year--the city manager, who is appointed by the city council, is the city's chief executive and, as such, controls most of the city's bureaucracy...
George Herman Ruth, also known as the Babe, Bambino, Sultan of the Swat, and even as Tarzan, was one of those men. In the time just after World War I, he stepped into the limelight both for his spectacular ball playing and for his spectacular off-the-field escapades...
...willing to travel." Other multinational companies, however, outbid him with more intriguing ads and better pay. In desperation, Wessel decided to go public. He ordered his small public relations staff, whose major function previously had been to keep the BND out of the news, to thrust it into the limelight instead...