Word: spotlighting
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...agreeing to participate in the show, Brown knew that he would be placed into a national spotlight...
While party leaders Tom Daschle and Dick Gephardt might have liked a bigger spotlight last week, the better to expose Bush's mysterious budget magic, they could not control the images emanating from Washington. More than a month after Clinton left office, he remains the image of the party even when he is battered and silent. He was supposed to be leading the government in exile, chiding Bush for reckless driving. "The liberals would have liked for Clinton to weigh in," says one key Democratic Senate aide. "But he can't. The Republicans have neutered...
...personal growth is evident. She has finally forged her own identity so that she is ready to have a relationship of equals with Mikhael. Sharon is a musical perfomer, and Goodman uses music to trace Sharon's development throughout the novel. With her previous boyfriends, Sharon wrestled for the spotlight. When she forms a band with Mikhael, we realize that she has finally learned to "sing" with someone else. And unlike her spiritual journey, Sharon's route to love with Mikhael is truly moving. Paradise Park is Allegra Goodman's second novel. She received a great deal of critical acclaim...
...scandal expands to include not just the Clinton who is worried about his legacy but also the one who is worried about her future. So many of the people who were pardoned had connections to New York that it was only a matter of time before the spotlight expanded from the former President to the sitting Senator...
Without a clear kingmaker, the offstage plots, subplots and counterplots are so intricate that no one can be sure who's on top. Or even that some new actor isn't ready to steal the spotlight. "Anybody could be chosen," concludes LDP Diet member Katsuei Hirasawa. For example, Junichiro Koizumi, head of the Mori faction and radical reformer, could jump in once his boss fizzles out. Or Chikage Ogi, a former actress who is now head of the New Conservative Party, could emerge as a candidate...