Word: spotlighting
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...Green looks to notch its first league victory when it plays host to Pennsylvania (4-2, 1-1) this Saturday. Although the Quakers suffered an early loss to Harvard, they are poised to improve upon the success of last season's NCAA berth and step further into the national spotlight this year...
Here's a little background. John Rocker is the infamous relief pitcher for the Atlanta Braves who grabbed the national spotlight earlier this year for deriding gays, poking fun at Asians, espousing a distaste for foreigners and calling a black teammate of his a "fat monkey," all in the course of one Sports Illustrated Article...
...where Harvard sees a hassle, some other schools saw an opportunity to put their campus in the spotlight and provide a unique educational experience...
...seemed like the rest of Europe was training harder while the Americans and Australians shared a beaming, brilliant spotlight after their news-making performances a year ago in the same pool at the Pan Pacific championships. As with each new wave of individuals, so too with a shift in swimming firepower between countries. In Sydney, some commentators were pointing to the rise of Europe as a swimming power; the Continent has long been a force in the pool. Four years ago, European nations won 11 gold and a total of 38 medals; this time Europe secured 14 gold, 36 medals...
...bumpy plane ride (like Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Who) and performs a song called Fever Dog, written by Crowe and his wife, Heart guitarist Nancy Wilson, with a nod to Zeppelin's Black Dog. "There's also a lot of the Eagles in there," says Crowe. "They craved the spotlight, saw it coming, got scared, ran from it, all that stuff...