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...defense was not supposed to steal the spotlight this week...
...bloody great side." The All Blacks have two fine wingers in their Cup squad, but they'd still love to have a healthy Jonah Lomu, who - as the most devastating ball-runner the game had seen - ignited the '95 Cup in South Africa and put rugby in a spotlight that hasn't dimmed. Since the game's birth in 1823, countless players have combined imposing size and strength with a sprinter's speed, but none in the prodigious quantities that Lomu, age 19 in 1995, brought to bear. Lomu's apogee occurred in the semifinal against England. It's been...
...Miss Havisham. Omar Sharif was the star of Zhivago, John Mills of Expectations, but Guinness was the soul of both films. Off screen, Guinness was uncertain about how much of himself to reveal. He craved the attention that exposure can bring, but was reluctant to submit himself to the spotlight. He implied this conflict in the preface to his 1985 autobiography, Blessings in Disguise: "[At the suggestion of an autobiography] ? Ego was immensely flattered and I was appalled." Guinness, a fervent Catholic, always appeared to shun public attention and yet at the same time made damn sure...
...McKeeby’s love affair with sliding on the electric guitar. Those excited to hear the tuba will be disappointed, as Brian Wolff’s instrument mostly fades into the background as a barely audible walking bass. In Wolff’s few moments in the spotlight, his lower register booms while higher notes often slide out of tune with flubbed attacks—though this may be intended as jazz technique, the result is too often the sound of a beginner on the instrument...
Bergman—who begins the singles season ranked No. 25 in the country and No. 24 in doubles along with partner, classmate and co-captain Susanna Lingman—stole the Crimson spotlight at the Leary Invitational last weekend at the University of Pennsylvania, finishing second in the singles division while advancing to the semifinals in doubles...