Word: spotlight
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Perhaps at no other time in the 1980s have economists focused such an intense spotlight on consumer behavior as an indicator of the economy's future prospects. Consumer spending, which constitutes two-thirds of the $4.5 trillion U.S. economy, has been the engine of American growth in recent years. Since a long overdue return to thriftiness would put a damper on the economy, a too rapid conversion could be dangerous. "If everybody got religion and cut their spending 10%, we'd have a recession. Gradual change is what we need," says Cynthia Latta, senior financial economist for Data Resources...
Both Alaskan independents are primed for the national hockey spotlight: in two weeks, they host Michigan State and Maine in a holiday tournament which should serve as a benchmark of how far the teams have come...
...announcement was certainly a quick way for the President to steal the spotlight from the expatriate rebel leaders who returned to El Salvador. Three days before Duarte's announcement, Ruben Zamora Rivas, vice president of the Democratic Revolutionary Front, returned from exile in Nicaragua to be greeted by a small but fervent group of supporters. Mocking Duarte's embrace of the American flag during his last trip to Washington, Zamora kissed the flag of El Salvador when he arrived. "This is all the amnesty I will need," he declared...
...sudden public spotlight has complicated the work of Alf Erlandsson, the Swedish national who has headed the archives for nearly 20 years. His staff of 24 previously considered four visitors a month a busy season. Now Erlandsson expects at least that many callers a day. "This used to be such a quiet place," he says. "I have a feeling things will never return to normal...
...Fracisco will not be sharing the unbeaten spotlight with the Crimson much longer...