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...Eh…I-AA. When Appalachian State knocked off a fifth-ranked Michigan team in Ann Arbor two weeks ago, and the pundits immediately started ranking it among the greatest upsets in the sport’s history, the ugly sister of college football was thrust into the spotlight...
...Sept. 19--assuming it does--the hubbub could fade or snowball. (As of press time, CBS wasn't screening the program to critics, perhaps to keep the hype building.) But even without injuries, the show was bound to be controversial, and not just for putting kids in the TV spotlight. Rather, the show's premise--sending kids off on their own, to take risks, experiment and possibly fail, without parental intervention--runs against the spirit of modern child rearing...
...wondered if the singer grew too attached to his fame. "He had a grand voice, but maybe he didn't have the strength to retire when he was on top. Maybe I'm a purist, but I never liked these duets (with pop singers). It kept him in the spotlight, so I guess he had fun doing them...
...World Spotlight...
...getting less time on conventional television news shows. In 1968, he said, the average length of a candidate's sound bite on TV newscasts was 42 seconds; now it is down to only eight. That means candidates are compelled to seek out more unorthodox venues to seek out the spotlight...