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...sojourn, part of a 10-day sweep through Southwest Asia, is intended, said President Clinton, to show that "there is truly a human dimension to politics, policy and diplomacy." Her agenda will take her and daughter Chelsea to schools, mosques and villages where she can cast a spotlight on issues of women, education and health care. The real diplomacy of repairing tattered U.S.-Pakistan relations will be left to Bhutto, who will come to the U.S. for two weeks in April...
...event, however, has turned the spotlight on the lengths to which talk shows such as Jones, Jerry Springer and Ricki Lake will go to catch people off guard and encourage guest warfare. Reunite the callous beau with the pregnant welfare recipient he abandoned, and let the fun begin! Bring on the male stripper, and watch the prim housewife get red-faced! In raising the pitch, are producers deceiving guests to set them up for on-camera humiliation...
...this new reincarnation of the KGB sought only to crush the growing Russian Mafia, its formation would undoubtedly have the public sanction of more than one major government. But, in a characteristically spy-like manner, the new KGB has suddenly arisen behind the scenes and away from the spotlight...
...probably the least flamboyant of the Republican contenders. But there he was in a bright vaudeville spotlight, one hand clasping a hand mike to his crooning lips and the other around the waist of his blond song-and-dance partner, Astaire and Rogers-style. "Spotted owl, Kathleen Brown/ Endangered species of renown," they harmonized lustily. "We beat the California blue-hoos ... Yeah...
...still finds time for basketball, as well as volunteer work. A few years ago, he co-founded a program called Poetry in Motion, in which youths completed writing assignments in exchange for the chance to play night basketball. For that effort, Ken won his own spotlight: in 1989 he received a Heiskell Award, an honor sponsored by former Time Inc. chairman Andrew Heiskell for employees who perform outstanding volunteer work...