Word: spotlighting
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...such aristocratic behavior stifling and complains that he "never wanted to be the prince of a king but rather a child of a father." Yet by the time he was born, Mitterrand senior was already a deputy in the French National Assembly, and his family was often in the spotlight. The social pressures, along with lonely periods in boarding schools, turned Jean-Christophe from a sociable teenager into a hermit. "I wasn?t born solitary," he writes, "but, separated from my family, I became that as a consequence of my successive absences." Rather than rebelling against his parents, Jean-Christophe...
However, both should be more than prepared for the spotlight...
...YEARS AGO IN TIME With the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990, Saudi Arabia was thrust into a spotlight its royal family never sought. By agreeing to accept U.S. troops in exchange for protection (after a visit from then-Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney), KING FAHD knew he was also inviting in Western influence...
While the return of its backfield is Harvard’s biggest pre-game story, by the conclusion of Saturday’s match-up the spotlight will probably have shifted to another offensive star. Junior wide receiver Carl Morris is within striking distance of three Harvard career records...
Cole’s charges, coming about two months after Trombly alleged a BPD sergeant assaulted him, shine a brighter spotlight on a department already conducting an internal investigation of Trombly’s claims...