Word: spotlight
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that the failure could be blamed solely on Communist intransigence. Whether Nixon's televised revelations actually would hasten the end of the war by bringing world opinion to bear against the Communists remained in grave doubt. The two sides seemed almost as far apart as ever, and the public spotlight may only have illuminated their differences and made accommodation more difficult...
Taking part in college soccer's first real attempt to break into the national spotlight, Harvard, which sprinted through the season with a 13-1 mark, will face Howard (13-0) in the first game of the semi-finals on December...
...actors wear jeans and old shirts or sweaters; the only props are a bench, a few chairs and one spotlight. The bareness is dictated in part by the scripts, but it is also integral to this kind of communal theatre. Coming and Going required very little money to stage and admission is free. Keeping the production as far removed from the money system as possible accentuates its populist spirit, and the worth of what the actors have themselves created...
Sister No. 2 is a never-was ex-starlet whose career died on the cutting-room floor. Her husband and an old Army buddy sop up beer and run through the great sports exploits of the past three decades, but she tries to grab the spotlight by doing the dance that audiences never got to see. This is a wickedly funny parody of a typical '30s-'40s Hollywood dance number, and Thompson does it so perfectly that 2,000 palms thunderclap...
...Another team in the national spotlight during the early '50's was Princeton. Coached by Charley Caldwell, the Tigers built up a 24 game winning streak largely due to the running, passing, and kicking of an all-around back, who led the country in total offense and nabbed the Heisman Trophy. Who was this fabled back...