Word: spotlighting
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...diplomatic source tells TIME that the most likely scenario would be for the tanks to simply turn around and return to Ukraine. "Everybody will be following where the tanks go now that this cargo has the spotlight on it," the source says. "I just have to assume that the cargo will have to go back, and they'll have to act like it never happened. I don't think now it's politically possible for South Sudan to take them." So far, Kenya has not produced what would be the conclusive document: an end-user certificate, which would show whether...
...said. “I still kind of do. I’m a real homebody and the prospect of running around looking for something I don’t know where to find, is a little bit daunting.”While both actors claim to eschew the spotlight, Cera professed unhesitatingly that he would stay out all night looking for one thing: “Oh, a child.” Dennings agreed, “Yes if I lost, like, a family member, if there was an emergency, but probably not for leisure. I don?...
...other leading House Republicans have had no time to lick their wounds. With the Senate passing a newer version of the financial stabilization bill Wednesday night - bailout is all but a banned word on Capitol Hill now - the uncomfortable spotlight is once again focused on Boehner's ability to deliver enough Republicans. The sweeteners added to the basic plan - including an extension of popular energy and business tax cuts and an increase to $250,000 in the amount in individual bank accounts that the FDIC will insure - should help. But if Boehner is once again unable to deliver the necessary...
...political fallout is also yet to be determined. Obama appears to have played his natural advantage on this issue well, staying far enough out of the spotlight to avoid owning the issue, but coolly providing guidelines and participating as needed in the negotiations. John McCain, has bigger problems on his hands. The bad economy necessarily works against the incumbent party and his self-proclaimed weakness on financial matters, combined with his considerable wealth, may be as great a vulnerability...
...financial ruin, fear that one party could be blamed for passing a costly government bailout of fat cats on Wall Street, and fear of who might be blamed if nothing is done. "I'm not clear that in a very difficult situation like this that doing things in the spotlight and injecting presidential politics is necessarily useful," Obama told reporters Thursday...