Word: overshadow
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...March 20, the council approved a $10 hike in student term bills. The next day, a controversy began that would overshadow what some council members call the most productive year in council history...
...before the release of President Neil L. Rudenstine's 83-page report on the results of the academic planing process. The president had labored over the manuscript him self, and some--including Boston Globe columnist David L. Warsh '66--Suggested that McArthur had intentionally timed his speech to overshadow the president...
...there was Watergate. But why judge Nixon according to one standard, and other presidents on another? Nor should Watergate overshadow Nixon's very real and lasting accomplishments in domestic and foreign policy...
...success of any production of Swan Lake hinges upon the talents of its principal dancers. Larissa Ponomarenkeno projected an unwavering pathos and clean technique throughout her demanding double role of Odette/Odile. Her charisma tended to overshadow her sultry, though less exciting partner Patrick Armand in his role of Prince Sigfried. The pure lines of their pas de deux and the chemistry between Ponomarenko and Armand was complemented well by the spectacle of the events which surrounded their plot. The ensemble scenes of merrymaking on the castle lawn in Act I and in the castle ballroom in Act III sustain...
What remained an insurmountable problem was the lack of a orchestra pit. While the overture captivated the audience and its later accompaniments were well-timed, the 28 member orchestra tended to overshadow the singers, rendering many of the lyrics incomprehensible and sometimes difficult to hear...