Word: spotlight
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Behind these three come a host of sophomores, some of whom may well push Abramson and Fowler out of the spotlight. In the freestlye events. Jim Seubold is a threat in both the 100 and the 200 yard races. As a freshman. he set a University record of 1:49.7 in the 200 freestlye, breaking the old record held by Abramson. Top man in the sprints may be another sophomore. Andrew Grinsted...
Garcia hunted up a doctor, who stitched up a 1¼-in. gash cleaving through to the skull. For Garcia, a laconic, spotlight-shunning sort, the aftermath was almost worse than the ordeal of the rescue. There were grateful phone calls from Premier lagan's U.S.-born wife Janet, a U.S. State Department protest, and an announcement that the mounted cops who had ignored Garcia's pleas for help had been suspended. The final flourish was the arrival of a delegation of East Indian women who brought a document of thanks and a pair of gold cuff links...
...Spotlight. Parseghian's move to South Bend last January was more like a homecoming than an arrival. He was introduced between halves of a basketball game, and the students gave him a ten-minute standing ovation. In mid-February, 3,000 turned out in two feet of snow for a mammoth pep rally. If it was spirit they wanted, spirit he gave them. At spring training he whipped out a letter written by a former Notre Dame player who had been seriously injured in an auto accident. Rockne couldn't have done it better. Voice quavering, Parseghian read the letter...
...with a talkathon that included a suggestion that it make cottage cheese easier to find in its stores. Usually armed with a little bit of stock and a lot of cheek, professional scolds seldom miss a chance to bait corporate officers, make speeches and generally turn the spotlight on themselves...
Other nations, too, would have their days this week, and the laggardly Russians were hoping for a bumper harvest in such events as canoeing and gymnastics. But so far, at least, in sport's biggest show, the spotlight shone brightest...