Word: spotlighting
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...Singh is enjoying yet another spell under the spotlight, thanks to his new novel Burial at Sea, a fantasia on an alleged sexual escapade by Nehru. The central character, Jai Bhagwan, "is a takeoff of Nehru," says Singh. Bhagwan, like Nehru, is a Brahman from Kashmir, British-educated, brilliant, agnostic, a follower of Mohandas Gandhi, and with big dreams of modernizing his impoverished country. There's one difference: instead of going into politics, Bhagwan decides to transform India by becoming an industrialist to give his country the economy it deserves. The crux of the novel comes when the middle-aged...
...Prime Minister's statement that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction," says former Defense Minister Jan Tr?jborg of the opposition Social Democrats party. Grevil is not out of trouble either - he faces criminal charges for breaching the country's official information law. - By Ulla Plon and Charles P. Wallace Spotlight on Silvio ITALY Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's corruption trial resumed 10 months after being shelved, following a January decision by Italy's highest court to overturn a controversial immunity law that protected Berlusconi from prosecution. The Prime Minister, who is accused of bribery, was not in court...
...scythe of scandal continues to cut off the careers and other vital parts of reporters and editors at the nation's major newspapers, those of us who peddle opinions for a living rather than facts are starting to get nervous. When will the spotlight turn on us? Every time another malefactor is exposed, we feel a chill and think we hear the tumbrels roll. We know in our hearts that we are uniquely vulnerable...
...both President George W. Bush and Vice-President Dick Cheney, and the democratic candidate is at a decided disadvantage in fundraising as a one man show. The media’s focus on the War on Terror and the Sept. 11 Commission in recent weeks has also taken the spotlight off Kerry just as soon as he was getting into candidate mode...
Well, maybe not this time. The best player in baseball--who, if his career lasts long enough, could break nearly every lifetime hitting record--is not only in his first big-market spotlight but also in a brand-new position. Since his job at shortstop was already taken by the beloved if defensively inferior Yankees captain Derek Jeter, ARod, desperate to abandon the train-wreck Texas Rangers, agreed to play third. More challenging than standing 40 feet closer to the batter will be playing in an atmosphere where anything other than a World Series victory is considered failure...