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...Miss Teen South Carolina and a runner-up to Miss Teen USA who became an overnight Internet sensation in August for her badly boggled and meandering answer to the question: Why can't one-fifth of Americans locate the United States on a map? I've been in the spotlight too, and I've lost my train of thought in the middle of answering a question, heard the rush of blood to my brain as I desperately tried to get back on track. I could feel her pain. But, then again, I've never answered any question with "the Iraq...
...Faust holds a celebrity status that few academics share. While her fame may be a tad subtler than the acclaim that, say, The Beatles once enjoyed—teenagers around the world haven’t adopted her hairstyle...yet—it nevertheless places her under a perpetual spotlight. Every aspect of her life is fair game for scrutiny, from fashion faux pas to comments about female scientists to the car she drives. How a person chooses to travel can say a lot about her, but Harvard provides a default mode of transportation. Along with an official residence...
...difference," says Wang, who is one of the few American designers to have a full-fledged, European-style atelier, complete with working sample room and U.S.-based factories. If Wang's version of bridal involved all the thought, handiwork and talent of high fashion, it had none of the spotlight. It was as if Wang were designing on another planet. Her coping mechanism: "I took out my fashion frustration in bridal." She whipped up couture-worthy collections every season, one time concentrating on bustiers, everything from crumb catchers à la old Dior to Vivienne Westwood--inspired corsetry; the next time...
...with a local organization spearheading that effort: Women of the Storm, a nonpartisan group of women whose families were affected by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. They have already persuaded six candidates to write a letter to the Commission on Presidential Debates supporting the idea. "A debate would keep a spotlight on New Orleans and the challenges we face," says Anne Milling, founder of Women of the Storm. "We're not whole...
...Uruguay in their Round of Sixteen game. The Grand Prairie native also helped his club team, the Dallas Texans 88 Red, to earn the youth national championship, and was recently selected as Ivy League Player of the Week. This season has also seen other Crimson players in the national spotlight. Junior Michael Fucito was named to Top Drawer Soccer’s Team of the Week, as well as the Ivy League Honor Roll along with his teammate, senior co-captain Matt Hoff. Hoff was also selected to the College Soccer News National Team of the Week, and freshman Alex...