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After Graham stopped performing, she was still in the spotlight: marching on Washington to plead for government grants, attending fund-raising galas where she spoke mesmerizingly about her life. Her father became a regular player in these little monologues as she summoned up her childhood self riding beside him in the buggy while he made his rounds. Perhaps it was then that the seeds of an artistic revolution were sown, that the secret lies in an indomitable commitment to honesty in motion...
Late last year, John Strugnell, a Harvard Divinity School professor, was thrust into the spotlight when he was removed as chief of the team editing the Dead Sea Scrolls after making anti-Semitic remarks to an Israeli newspaper. In the recent issue of the Biblibcal Archaeological Review, there appears a glib bio of Strugnell under the heading "Major Players" in the Scroll project. Strangely enough, the author can't seem to decide whether he loves or hates the man he describes as a manic-depressive, alcoholic anti-Semite...
...previous games, the rookie spotlight seems to have shined most brightly on other recruits. Francie Waslton, who netted three goals in the first two Ivy competitions, and erstwhile-icewoman Joey Alissi had already begun to assert their roles as freshman offensive performers...
Maintaining this ridiculous level of secrecy is the best way for the administration to breed a lack of trust. If Rudenstine is named president, his first public act associated with Harvard will have been ducking into a limousine to stay out of the spotlight. Is this the image the University wants to associate with its leader...
...takes a moment to steady herself, and the music comes up. She and the others glide gracefully into the spotlight, arms extended, costumes dazzling. Step, kick; step, kick. It's the glitzy routine you would expect from any professional nightclub act. But this show is something special: its cast is made up entirely of military personnel and their spouses...