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Barrett has pushed for lengthening the school year for most of his senate career. He wrote an article on educational reform for the November 1990 issue of The Atlantic Monthly which pushed him into the national spotlight...
...groundswell of support for a minority students center increases, College administrators remain skeptical. The issue of a multicultural center has been in and out of the spotlight of campus politics for almost 30 years. In the past the Black Students Association has pushed for a "Third World" students center or an African-American cultural center, but the University has steadfastly refused to support the plans...
Federal agents also tried conciliatory tactics, delivering milk and medical supplies to the compound, as well as copies of national magazines that featured Koresh on their covers. Sensing that he's a man who enjoys the spotlight, the FBI even sent Koresh a letter offering a live appearance "on America Talks on the Christian Broadcasting Network hosted by Craig Smith." Like a cheerful mass mailing, it concluded: "This is an extraordinary opportunity...
...taking his stand in the snow of eastern Bosnia, Morillon turned up the world spotlight brightly enough to force Serbian leaders to reconsider. They backed down under all the attention and let the stalled supply convoy enter Srebrenica. But food and medicine will not save the town or its people from being overrun and "ethnically cleansed." Like the humanitarian efforts of the West throughout the country, Morillon's intervention provides a momentary respite but does nothing to rescue Bosnia from the fate the Serbs have decided...
...depicted a different forest while another showed fish that were not dead, only stunned by researchers for testing. In the most dramatic act of contrition, NBC News president Michael Gartner acknowledged that the GM controversy would not die and abruptly resigned last week, saying he hoped to "take the spotlight...