Word: spotlight
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...most common complaints leveled by critics of today's university system. The pages of the Chronicle of Higher Education--and more mainstream publications--resound with accusations of greed and egoism directed towards professors who flee the classroom for high-paying consulting jobs and the media spotlight...
With DeNunzio gone at 141-pounds, sophomore Eric Swick and freshman Nicholas Picarsic will step into the spotlight. These two are certainly up to the task. After being out on injury most of his freshman year, Swick's return will bolster the squad. He started realizing his promise with a fourth place finish this past weekend. Taking fifth place was Picarsic, an All-State wrestler whose tough wrestling should make this a highly competitive class for Harvard...
...Media Spotlight...
...Friday's rocket attacks on U.S. facilities in Pakistan put Afghanistan-based international terrorist Osama bin Laden back in the spotlight. From what country does Bin Laden hail...
...John Reed, the co-chairmen of Citigroup, the 61-year-old financier confirmed that he would help them run the nation's largest financial conglomerate (1998 assets: $669 billion). Rubin's timing, as usual, is perfect. Just as the former Goldman Sachs investment banker climbs back into the spotlight, Congress is preparing to vote on a historic bill that plays legislative catch-up with Citi's 1998 merger with Travelers, the insurance outfit that also owns Salomon Smith Barney. Rubin never made financial modernization his priority in government; nevertheless he will now help direct an institution sure to be among...