Word: spotlights
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...through a well-planned operation designed to catapult itself into the international spotlight, Tupac Amaru has upstaged the President. Even if its bid does not succeed, the group will bask in exposure for as long as the crisis lasts. And by week's end it looked as if that may be a prolonged period. When the initial fireworks subsided, a more grinding routine ensued as an exhausted Red Cross mediator shuffled between embassy and presidential palace, conveying requests for toothbrushes and toilet paper. Batches of hostages were released, but the impasse remained unbroken. Meanwhile, the Peruvian government withdrew behind...
...biggest challenge for Baker, a respected trial lawyer who usually defends doctors against medical-malpractice claims, may come from his celebrity client. When the spotlight-seeking Simpson returns to the stand to answer friendlier questions from his own lawyers, he could be less guarded and even more prone to missteps. Says Seidman: "When you rehabilitate a witness, you give him a little more leeway to explain things at greater length...
Well, maybe they were what two famous women desired. Maria Eva Ibarguren Duarte de Peron kept her eye on the spotlight, her hand tightening around the cojones of power. And Madonna fought like hell for the right to incarnate, in one of the era's most vivid musical dramas, a woman whose career and notoriety mirror her own: model for steamy photos, singer on the radio, movie actress of disputed pedigree, sexual adventurer. In both these stars one can see the great goad of ambition, the ability to enthrall and outrage. So there's tabloid poetry in the fact that...
Five years after she brought the issue of sexual harassment into the national spotlight, author and former law professor Anita Hill said yesterday the problem still persists and won't be solved in her lifetime...
...final remarks to audience, Hill portrayed herself as "a woman who came into the spotlight somewhat reluctantly," but who now sees her decision to become active as "one of the most fulfilling choices in my life...