Word: spotlights
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Despite the persistent spotlight on the President's son, the story of Silverado's amazing expansion and rapid demise illustrates the broader evils behind the S&L disaster. It is a tale of interlocking relationships and sweet deals among S&Ls and their biggest customers, the possible impact of political contributions in delaying crackdowns by regulators, even the deceptive lure of junk bonds and their king, Michael Milken. It is not a case history of nice guys being caught innocently in an oil bust, as the defunct thrift's managers often claim. It is a study in greed, deceit...
That explains the fuss over the Olympic Committee's announcement. After years of having their progress go unrecognized by the rest of the country, Atlantans are excited about stepping into the spotlight. The games themselves will undoubtedly represent an economic boon to the region. But the real significance is validating what Atlanta has already achieved...
Pauley keeps a tight lid on details of her family life, partly for security reasons, partly because of a determination to shield her children from the public spotlight. But there is another, more philosophical consideration. "To the degree that your family becomes part of your image," she says, "it becomes less real. Someone once referred to my family as 'authentic.' One of the reasons it's authentic is that there's no confusion between the Trudeaus and the Cosby kids. I am very sensitive to the fact that there's a certain imagemaking attendant to my career...
...collapse of Denver's Silverado Banking has exposed much more than just the questionable business relationships of President Bush's son Neil. The fall of Colorado's No. 3 savings and loan has put the spotlight on a group of go-go bankers and developers who, with access to Silverado's money, built political influence in Colorado and even Washington...
...more than 10,000 participants from at least 80 countries gathered last week for the Sixth International Conference on AIDS, the spotlight was focused squarely on the victims of the disease. The meeting was staged in San Francisco, the epicenter of the epidemic, and held during the city's Gay Pride Week, an annual festival that drew 100,000 homosexual men and women from around the U.S. AIDS sufferers helped write the conference agenda and delivered impassioned speeches about the extraordinary human cost of the disease. In fact, they stole the show from the hundreds of scientists, who exchanged information...