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...publication of “Sexual Personae”—a 700-page chronology of art and culture that establishes links between writers like Emily Dickinson and the Marquis de Sade—brought Paglia into the spotlight both as an academic and as a cultural commentator...
Under the national media’s spotlight for the past year, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) portrayed itself as a wounded army of academics controlled by a tyrannical bully, University President Lawrence H. Summers. “[We must] show the public that we are not cowards,” said Arthur Kleinman, chair of the anthropology department, in one of last February’s raucous Faculty meetings. “[We must] debate openly whether [Summers’ plans] are the social and scholarly agenda that we want pushed from Mass. Hall...
...interesting novel is a no-brainer. As of last week, it has returned to the number one spot for hardcover fiction after an incredible 157 weeks on the list. A copyright/plagiarism lawsuit and a star-powered movie adaptation are now conspiring to keep the book awash in the media spotlight...
...early morning videotape released to his Texas constituency, DeLay said, "I refuse to allow liberal Democrats to steal this seat with a negative personal campaign." But while his departure may be designed to take the national spotlight off the race for Texas's 22nd congressional district, it could still draw national attention, especially since Wallace's candidacy could reignite some bad blood that flared during the Bush-Kerry campaign...
...minutes it took the soldiers to drive back to their heavily fortified compound their raid was in the spotlight, splashing across television with claims that the 16 men had been butchered as they gathered prayerfully in a mosque. Soon pictures showed bloodied bodies broken and prone over prayer mats, without a weapon in sight (U.S. army photos showed the exact opposite; dead men, weapons draped, not a prayer mat to be seen). Any military success the men of the 1st and 2nd Battalions, 1st Iraqi Special Operations Forces Brigade had was quickly swamped by a political and propaganda firestorm...