Word: spotlights
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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While these factors may not prevent women from seeking leadership positions or from taking an active role in meetings, they may require that women who do seek the spotlight acquire extra determination and confidence...
...Exeter's Black students, privy to an insider's knowledge of the goings-on of the campus, are concerned about the atmosphere, the glare of the national spotlight has done little to enhance Harvard's image...
...more items on Clinton's lengthy wish list of proposals work their way through Congress, other legislators will enjoy their moments in the spotlight. Republican John Chafee of Rhode Island, for example, will play a major role when the Administration's much discussed health-care reform package finally makes its debut later this summer. And on any number of issues, Senator Bob Kerrey, one of Clinton's opponents for the Democratic nomination last year, is busy establishing himself as the newest Democrat...
...Globe's "Spotlight Team" series reported that Representative Charles F. Flaherty (D-Cambridge) and Senator William M. Bulger (D-Boston) traveled to resort areas at the expense of lobbyists and political action groups. Flaherty is speaker of the house, and Bulger is Senae president...
...Congress and the states debate gay civil rights and President Clinton prepares to certify the role of gays in the military, many gay writers see their milieu as inherently dramatic. Like Jews, blacks and women in prior decades, gays have promoted their struggle for equality into the spotlight. Says Angels author Tony Kushner: "We're at a historic juncture. In a pluralist democracy, there's a moment when a minority obtains legitimacy and its rights are taken seriously by the other minorities that together make up the majority. That's happening now for gays and lesbians. We're winning...