Word: spotlights
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...Harvard, Gallagher was able to gain enough notoriety by tabling for the candidate in front of Widener Library. After having argued with countless students and faculty members while tabling, it was at a Support the Troops rally on Widener steps this winter that Gallagher thrust himself into the spotlight...
Last June, the future seemed bright for student activists at the Law School who held several protests urging the school to diversity its faculty. Besides gaining the attention of the school's community from several well-attended rallies, they also attracted a national spotlight when Weld Professor of Law Derrick A. Bell vowed to take an unpaid leave of absence until the school tenured a Black woman...
Lately, however, a handful of utilities has begun to try a new role: as protectors, not despoilers, of the earth's resources. Last week the environmental spotlight was on California, where two big Los Angeles power companies -- Southern California Edison and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power -- unveiled plans to cut their emissions of CO2 20% during the next 20 years, largely through conservation programs and the use of solar and geothermal technologies. It was the first time any U.S. utility had promised to reduce its output of CO2 to help curb global warming. Southern California Edison chairman...
...clearly irritating to Bush, who at week's end suffered a heartbeat irregularity that is often associated with stress. Stricken with shortness of breath while jogging at Camp David, the President was rushed to Bethesda Naval Hospital, where initial tests showed no serious heart damage. The incident took the spotlight off the high-flying chief of staff -- but only momentarily...
...recent years, however, both schools have emerged into lacrosse's national spotlight, and the annual matchup has truly become The Game. Last year's matchup was the culmination of the Crimson's and Eli's lacrosse prowess...