Word: spotlights
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...Iraqi troops in and around Kuwait, Bush clearly counts military force as one of those options. He has pledged to liberate Kuwait and restore its government, which means that if necessary Operation Desert Shield can become Desert Sword. The buildup and the war that may ensue have cast the spotlight on two men who may be the most important policymakers in the Bush Administration: Defense Secretary Dick Cheney and General Colin Powell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). Already these Pentagon partners have smoothly directed the biggest U.S. military effort since Vietnam...
...litmus test of that work came last year, when the relatively inexperienced junior was thrust into the starting spotlight. She registered victories over Yale and Brown in her very first starts...
...defiance. He managed to widen the U.S.-Israeli rift by shrugging off a personal letter from President Bush asking him to accept a U.N. investigation of the Temple Mount riot, in which Israeli police killed 20 Palestinians. Bush advised Shamir to get out of the headlines and let the spotlight return to Iraq. When Shamir refused to budge, the U.S. supported a unanimous Security Council resolution "deploring" Israel's intransigence, the second U.N. condemnation of Israel in just 12 days. Keeping up his barrage of harsh talk, Secretary of State James Baker called the censure "a matter of principle...
Although it has only recently been in the spotlight for its boycott efforts, ACT-UP has been actively involved in many issues affecting the gay community since...
...Stars: Saturday's game was the Crimson's second consecutive television appearance, following last week's embarassment of Northeastern in front of a national ESPN audience. Saturday, it was Harvard's turn to get roasted underneath the spotlight of the cameras. This time, it was Sports-channel New England, with Lockbaum at the mike...