Word: spotlighting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sort that comes along once in a generation. She has more than mere technical versatility. The real force of her talent comes from an individual spirit that is unique, a kind of life force that makes her even more of a personality than a performer. "She carries her own spotlight," says Jule Styne as a simple statement of observable fact...
...that the husband of Businesswoman Lady Bird Johnson has promised to seek out more women for federal jobs, the spotlight has been focused on a force in the U.S. economy that is growing in numbers and importance: women workers. One in every three U.S. women works-half again as many as 15 years ago-and one in every three workers is a woman. The number of women in the labor force, which stands at 25 million, is growing by 2.5% a year, compared with a 1.4% gain for men. Last week several steps were afoot to open still more jobs...
Fortunately, by the end, the playwright triumphs over the production. The Director tries to leave after rehearsal is over, but the six characters suddenly appear and beckon him to finish their play. Just as suddenly, they disappear, and a lone spotlight shines on him. He looks into the darkness, uncertain himself of what he has seen. He retreats from his uncertainty, leaving the audience to stare silently into that same bewildering darkness--but only for a moment...
...idiot cards or give you the idiot himself. Bob, you're on." The comic valiantly flip-quipped his way through 30 minutes (the one time he was angry with his wife: "The morning I came downstairs and found her sitting in my spotlight"), but the night belonged to Dolores. Said a telegram to the club from the Hopes' four adopted children: "Thank you for recognizing what we have known all along." Bob just beamed. "I feel like Prince Philip," he said...
Almost like a game of cards in which everyone gets his chance, the national press periodically throws its deceptive spotlight on another of the so-called Republican compromise candidates for President: first, Michigan's George Romney; then reliable standby Dick Nixon; and recently Pennsylvania's Bill Scranton. The beam has now settled on Henry Cabot Lodge, ambassador to Vietnam...