Word: spotlighting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...white frame house because, as he says, "we just don't get enough time to talk at the office." On his many trips to the empire's outposts, Irving fires off questions and orders that show the control he keeps over even minor details. "Put another spotlight on that Irving sign," he will say as he drives along...
...face had a pouting innocence, but seemed too small for her long body. Her small blue eyes were cold and sandbagged with mascara. The spotlight glare was hard on her, emphasizing the coarse redness of her plump arms...
...frequent reply is to cite Negroes who have become famous. No one can argue about the extraordinary physical feats of baseball's Willie Mays, pro football's Jimmy Brown, Decathlon Champion Rafer Johnson and many other athletes. Similarly, the Negro has long held his share of the spotlight in the performing arts, as witness the success of such as Jazzman Miles Davis, Singers Lena Home, Harry Belafonte and Leontyne Price...
Perhaps it is the holly and the ivy, or the midnight services, or the sight of spotlight creches, but the Christmas leg end each year still moves men's hearts as no other story can. The Carpenter Joseph, taking his pregnant wife on the hard journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem, forced to shiver through the winter cold in the only lodging available -a humble stable. There the Christ Child is born, watched over by lowing oxen and sheep, and worshiped by three kings from the East, bearing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh...
...delicious, it's delectable, it's delirious, it's dilemma, it's delimit, it's deluxe, it's de-lovely"-she adds no fillips. She enjoys herself too. When a song finishes and she steps for a moment out of the conical spotlight glare, her face puckers like a little girl's in the near darkness and she smiles...