Word: spotlight
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When the harmonies fall away. Wild Planet finally displays Cindy Wilson's voice, which usually lurks in the background. Wilson grabs the spotlight on "Gimme Back My Man" and even shows up Debbie Harry in Harry's nonchalant nasal style. Wilson sings so convincingly that even an absurd lyric like...
Reagan was triply delighted by the league's decision: it took the spotlight off his recent series of gaffes, it put Carter in a bind, and it gave a boost to Anderson. Like Carter's, Reagan's aides are convinced Anderson hurts the President more than their man. When New York State's Liberal Party last week endorsed Anderson and thus put him on the ballot where he could coax more votes from Carter, one Reagan aide was so pleased that he sent Anderson Strategist David Garth a bottle of champagne to celebrate...
...itself. Unable to find the right woman to play the part of Travolta's wife, Evans called in Michael Fenton; he suggested Debra Winger, who had appeared in two little-known films. She was an inspired choice. Her restless sexiness enlivened an otherwise tedious film-and stole the spotlight from Travolta. Joyce Selznick found Kurt Russell, who, after losing 20 lbs. and dying his hair black, played the great pelvis in ABC's Elvis. When Elvis was shown in February 1979, it drew higher ratings than CBS's rerun of Gone With the Wind...
Codinha takes a back seat after the first few days of the affair, but Hardoon stays out in the spotlight. One of the mighty and unanswered questions of this drama, spoken aloud by almost every member of the entire cast on occasion, was "Is Hardoon's heart really in this?" At times, he seemed to realize that he was handling a case only someone running for re-election could love. At others, though, he seemed to take the case seriously. "I am absolutely convinced we could have won...I have no idea what the federal judge (W. Arthur Garrity...
...spotlight of publicity turned briefly on Sierra Leone earlier this month, when the Organization of African Unity met in the tiny (pop. 4 million) West African state and installed its President, Siaka Stevens, as the O.A.U.'s chairman for the coming year. But when the big bash was over, Sierra Leone was left with more problems than ever: an authoritarian government, a languishing economy, all-pervasive corruption and $200 million in bills from the summit conference. As TIME Nairobi Bureau Chief Jack E. White discovered during a visit to Sierra Leone, the country's plight is disturbingly similar...