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...never expected to become a center of media attention, but found himself thrust into the national spotlight several months after he assumed office...
...February, student activists turned the spotlight away from the Yard and toward conflict in Sudan. Calling their campaign Senior Gift Plus, they asked classmates to withhold donations to the annual fundraising drive until Harvard sold its shares in PetroChina, a Beijing-based oil firm with ties to the Sudanese government. In an unusual move, the Harvard Corporation agreed in April to divest...
From the New York City stage to the Harvard podium, Lithgow shines in the spotlight...
...course, nothing then would have suggested that both Fitzpatrick and Tyler would be sidelined by injury later that year, thrusting Dawson into the spotlight and forcing him to shoulder significantly more touches than expected. But with the Crimson’s passing game grounded by Fitzpatrick’s bum throwing hand, Dawson certainly rose to the challenge, smashing a host of Harvard rookie rushing marks and establishing himself as an indispensable component of the Crimson offense...
...certainly an unfair standard to hold. As we remarked in April, “…no public figure can operate effectively under such intense scrutiny.” Now that “Innate-Gate” is receding into the past, we are hopeful that spotlight-grabbers will take a backseat to legitimate, constructive criticisms of Summers and his administration...