The program was never fully funded, and no one involved was accustomed to their technical daily work drawing a spotlight.
But now an eruption of low-tech troubles is drawing a spotlight to what lies behind the computer screen.
The Leggett decision drew a spotlight, though, said Gerald Treece, a professor at the South Texas College of Law in Houston and a friend of Mr. Harmon's.
The three jailed female members of the punk group Pussy Riot have not only captured the world's attention, but have also drawn a spotlight on the Russian government's broader crackdown on political dissent.
In their deaths, the couple, Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg, 29, and his wife Rivka, 28, drew a spotlight on the Chabad faith (the terms Chabad and Lubavitch are used interchangeably) — and to the emissaries' growing presence around the world.
Roger Stevens, Jr., the founding chairman of the Kennedy Center, expressed hope that the Honors would "help build more enthusiasm for the performing arts," and it seemed that he had found a canny strategy for doing so; the big shots drew a spotlight toward artists like Rudolf Serkin or Merce Cunningham, who had no profile on the talk-show circuit.
This drew a spotlight not just on the use of deadly force, but on the enduring calamity that is skid row.
The Orlando Massacre has drawn a spotlight on the bigotry that propelled the passage of those bills, and that contributes to the toxic atmosphere that so gravely imperils our lives as LGBT Americans.
Former Governor Rod Blagojevich's trial beginning this summer will also draw an unfavorable spotlight on the state, at the same time highlighting the race to replace him.
They have drawn a national spotlight on police killings of young black men.
