Word: spotlighting
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Topeka-based minister Fred Phelps has been in the national spotlight for his group’s staunch opposition to homosexuality and frequent protests with strongly-worded signs. After commencement, the Westboro Baptist Church picketed the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, which was preparing to rule in a case concerning same-sex marriage...
Obliged to do some publicity for Order of the Phoenix, she plans to appear before 4,000 children in London on June 26, to answer their questions and read from the book. The event is scheduled to be webcast around the world. Then Rowling will retreat from the spotlight to write book No. 6 and care for her family. She hopes to be remembered "as someone who did the best she could with the talent she was given. And I wouldn't mind being remembered as a good parent," she says. "But we won't know whether I've achieved...
...million civil lawsuit by EarthLink. Charges of criminal fraud filed by state attorney general Eliot Spitzer are still pending. "There are many more like Carmack," Spitzer warns. "This sends a message that we are pursuing them." Spitzer, a man who knows how to put himself in the spotlight, was the avenging angel of Wall Street last year. Now he is on a cybercrusade against spam...
...financed terrorists. Would the French President or Foreign Minister be invited to dine at the White House or President Bush's ranch? That privilege, believe it or not, was enjoyed by the Saudis, who have mastered the art of diverting U.S. public attention from themselves every time the spotlight shines on them. And the Bush Administration swallows it, hook, line and sinker. It's time the American media and public realize they're being taken for a ride. GAUTHAM VENKATA-CHALAM Ottawa...
Freshman Jane Evans stepped into the spotlight, capturing first place in three events—an occurrence that would become standard fare for her as the season progressed...