Word: spotlighting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...predecessor, was charged at the outset with healing a wounded campus fragmented by the turbulent protest years of 1968-69. And with the selection of Nathan M. Pusey ’28 in 1953, Harvard consciously sought a president who would spend less time in the national spotlight, while defending the University from McCarthy-era attacks...
...recent weeks, world events have pushed the presidential campaigns out of the immediate public spotlight. Violence has resurfaced in the Middle East, and democratic reform seems promising in Yugoslavia. Environmental and health concerns have prompted the call for a multi-national response. Fueled by technologies that know no political borders, the economies of nations have become ever more intertwined...
...Arafat's leadership abilities are once more in the spotlight, as the latest cease-fire effort plunges him into yet another strategic crisis. While many of those who have waged the intifada on the ground these past nine months believe that a long-term, low-intensity war will eventually drive the Israeli soldiers and settlers out of the West Bank and Gaza - as it did in Lebanon - Arafat's agenda has been somewhat different. He can only achieve his goal of a Palestinian State in the West Bank and Gaza through negotiation with Israel and the international community...
...Football held the spotlight, even during its worst days, but its failures were not representative of Harvard athletics as a whole during the '51 years...
...Hockey and basketball dominated the headlines in the winter, while crew took the spotlight in the spring. Despite the success of these sports, fan support was not as strong as it was in the fall. As one Crimson article noted, "It's a contradictory--if not unusual--fact in this year's athletic picture that as spectator interest declines, the sports prospects take a general turn...