Word: spotlight
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that on the events of many years ago. My views on the law and on what kind of Supreme Court Justice I would make have been drowned out in the clamor." Then he wisely turned his back on shouting reporters and walked briskly out of the harsh national spotlight...
Most of the arm wrestlers are mild-mannered men like Joe who are not much used to the spotlight. They are the kind of people who may have frustrations but have learned how to bury those frustrations beneath a veneer of placidity. Still, those frustrations are there, simmering, and it is arm wrestling that gives them their release. Which is why Emcee Jones is nervous. He doesn't like to see arm wrestlers get tense. He speaks into the microphone. He tells the competitors that there will be an hour break so they can go outside to watch the "Teenie...
...shooting, the U.S.'s large military presence in the Gulf has intensified it. Before the administration decided to send a carrier battle group and assorted escort ships to the region, the tanker war between Iran and Iraq subsided. But our presence in the Persian Gulf put the spotlight on our allies--the Kuwaitis and the Saudis--and the U.S. as new targets in the war. The unnecessary intervention into the area didn't silence the guns so much as give them something...
Harvard running back Tony Hinz grabbed the spotlight last week with his electrifying 73-yard run and his 152-yard rushing day. But Hinz's backmate Dave Bunning also scored twice last week and has averaged five yards per carry. Hinz's 5.6 average leads all Harvard rushers, who have accumulated 711 total yards in five games. The running game came back to life against Dartmouth, giving Harvard a strong offensive weapon to complement Yohe's aerial attack...
...decision to prolong the battle will certainly cast a harsh spotlight on the often crass lobbying and campaign practices used against him. But it will not dampen the opposition to him -- or the essentially political nature of the decision the Senate will make. While Bork may be justified in charging he has been treated unfairly, his trove of controversial opinions and statements aroused deep concerns about the type of Justice he would be. With a divided court hanging in the balance, it was almost inevitable that the resulting political passions would play a large part in the confirmation process...