Word: spotlighting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...small theatre 50 stories above the street, in Manhattan's Chanin Building, a "mobile"-one of the famed contraptions of Sculptor Alexander ("Sandy") Calder-stood on the stage, its burnished discs blazing in the spotlight. Before it, in slinky black gown and monkey-fur jacket, swayed a woman whose saucer eyes, blazing teeth, and hair like a jackpot of fresh-minted pennies made her look remarkably like Harpo Marx. A friendly, arty-social audience applauded. Marianne Oswald, diseuse (singing actress), friend of intellectuals on both sides of the Atlantic, was making her U. S. debut...
...lanky Horton Smith and bulky Lawson Little - all three tied at 141 for 36 holes. Snead, whose first-round 67 was the lowest opening-round score ever chalked up in the Open, attracted the largest gallery. Maybe this was the year, they figured, that he would outwhammy his famed spotlight jitters...
...turn the spotlight upon the Charles for a while, there has been a hitch in the Bolles schedule this week owing to Walt Kernan's coming down with a cold that may keep him from workouts for a while. In his place today was Ironman Behn Riggs, who took a year off from crew last year to build up his studies a little. Riggs was one of the best oarsmen in the 1941 Yardling eight and is really good Varsity material...
...surgeon neatly closed layer upon layer of muscle, Dr. Nixon turned to Louis, who lay quietly smiling under the spotlight. "Louis," he said, "you're the first person in history ever to tell people about his operation before it is even over. . . . Would you like to say hello...
Educators delight in continually toying with education. Last week the spotlight was held by President Hutchins of the University of Chicago, who suggested that the A.B. degree be awarded after the first two years of college, so that those students who wish to study in earnest may specialize during the remaining two years. This week's highlight is the news from the convention of the American Association of Junior Colleges, where one of its speakers, Dr. James M. Wood, proposed that universities release their sophomore and freshman classes to the junior colleges, as the universities are not equipped to offer...