Word: spotlighting
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Putnam has been a spotlight on the American academic stage since he arrived at Harvard in 1965. His impact at Harvard has been long and wide-reaching. His positions as a faculty member of the departments of both the Study of Religion and Philosophy demonstrate the breadth of his expertise. His extensive writings on the philosophy of mathematics and logic and on realism and pragmatism are his most noted contributions to academia...
...latest bid to recapture some of the campaign spotlight and paint himself as a "big issue" candidate, Bill Bradley unveiled an $80 billion proposal to aid schools in poor communities Wednesday. It wasn't chance timing: There are just three weeks until Super Tuesday, when 16 states hold primaries, and polls list education as the most important issue among Democratic voters. What remains to be seen is whether the plan will fare better than previous big-issue liberal proposals that failed to rescue Bradley from the shadows of John McCain and Al Gore. Bradley's health care reform and child...
...shocked the world was the one widely broadcast of Johnny and the cigar-smoking Luther, still at large. The spectacle of foreign jungle fighters commanded by illiterate, messianic twins forcing their way into a modern medical facility was as bizarre as it was outrageous. But it shone the global spotlight for a moment on one of the century's longest-running insurgencies, where ethnic minorities have been struggling for some form of autonomy from the government of Burma since the country's independence...
Limespot (a combination of the words "limelight" and "spotlight") offers the same comparison shopping for Harvard classes among five major on-line booksellers as the previous site, www.flyingchickens.com. The new site features added student services, including a used book exchange and an events database of on-campus activities...
...there is any way to insure that future presidential elections will offer the American people greater hope for their future, it is through serious campaign finance reform. We hope that a victory for Bradley and McCain will keep this issue in the spotlight...