Word: spotlights
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Mandela may lack the rousing, bred-in-the-pulpit style of black orators like King or Jesse Jackson. His soft-spoken manner and unflappable dignity bespeak his background as a lawyer, a single-minded political organizer and a longtime prisoner still blinking a bit in the spotlight. But Mandela's magnetism is palpable, the consequence of his endurance and determination in the fight against South Africa's white-minority government. He fires the pride of African Americans and touches a deep desire in the psyche of Americans both black and white for a leader who might rekindle the biracial coalition...
...world not to reward President F.W. de Klerk too early for easing up on apartheid. And when he arrives in the U.S. this week, he will be forced into still another exhausting role: heroic superstar. One of the most honored and respected men alive, Mandela is in the spotlight everywhere he goes. But in the U.S., where media fire storms are an art form, the visit-as-event will reach its highest stage. He will be besieged by cameras and jostling admirers, beseeched by myriad groups seeking his imprimatur, and bemedaled at parades and stadium rallies for eleven days...
...ambitious tyrant seeking to ensure his own coronation as master of the Arab universe? That is just what statesmen in the West and the Middle East are asking as Saddam accelerates his determined campaign for regional dominance. In recent months he has thrust himself into the world spotlight with a series of saber-rattling actions, statements and threats that have reinforced his reputation for ruthlessness and provoked disturbing questions about his ultimate designs. "He is playing on an old theme; call it constructive craziness," says Mark Heller of the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies in Tel Aviv...
...course, those familiar with Austin say she has always shied away from the spotlight...
...been a very good outpouring," Bell said. "Having the spotlight on the situation will end up being a plus...