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...perhaps a fitting ending yesterday all five seniors sharing the spotlight in their final Ivy League game as members of the Harvard women's lacrosse squad...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: It's Three in a Row: Laxwomen Garner Ivy Title | 5/6/1983 | See Source »

...less than 24 hours after the Crimson had banded Yale its seventh loss in 11 games on the year, the squad returned to Soldiers Field to topple a week Vermont squad. With DenHartog on the sidelines, the spotlight turned to Finn, who notched five goals and four assists to lead Harvard. Both White and Hart added their second straight hat tricks to provide the Crimson's other major scoring punches...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zuvkkr, | Title: Laxwomen Snag Weekend Victories ... | 5/2/1983 | See Source »

...wrong staff' controversy is Glenn's campaign manager, William White, a smalltown lawyer with a notable lack of political savvy, who has been Glenn's closest aide for nine years. Admits White: "Kennedy's withdrawal did leave us temporarily exposed, and during that time the spotlight on us was a little brighter than we wanted. We weren't quite as organized as we hoped." Lately, however, the campaign has gathered strength. By April, $1.2 million had been raised. Sixty full-time staffers are in place, and veteran Media Adviser David Sawyer has been hired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: And Now There Are Six | 5/2/1983 | See Source »

...dead Caesar--not just the famous "Friends, Romans, Countrymen," but the Machiavellian masterpieces that follow--provide a classic example of words that don't need stagecraft to make them work. True, the otherwise subtle lighting design turns a bit blatant for the great funeral speech, dropping to a single spotlight as soon as Antony begins to speak, spectators' yells coming out of the near-pitch dark. Even that tactic, though, carries a certain ingenuous charm; why shouldn't Woronicz and director Cameron-Webb admit they're enjoying playing this scene? Anyone who studied the play in high school and whispered...

Author: By Amy E. Schwartz, | Title: Pure Will | 4/15/1983 | See Source »

...Greens' splashy entrance stole the spotlight from Kohl, who had, after all, handily defeated Vogel and the Social Democrats last month. The Chancellor has also put his own stamp on the new coalition government, a Cabinet of eight Christian Democrats, five Christian Socialists and three Free Democrats. There were only two new faces: Christian Democrat Heinrich Windelen (Inter-German Affairs) and Christian Socialist Ignaz Kiechle (Agriculture). Most significantly, Free Democrat Leader Hans-Dietrich Genscher stayed on as Foreign Minister. A man who coveted that job-Franz-Josef Strauss, the right-wing leader of the Christian Democrats' sister party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: West Germany: Greenhorns | 4/11/1983 | See Source »

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