But Smith never wanted to take up more of the spotlight than necessary.
"This virus, if anything, brings a necessary spotlight to the tech scene in the Philippines," said Pindar Wong, chairman of the Asia Pacific Internet Association in Hong Kong.
"While this company has no affiliation with our own operation, perhaps, as my name has appeared in the headline in the Italian papers, it will shine a necessary spotlight on unacceptable labour practices in the wine industry".
It has also shone a necessary spotlight on the mind-boggling amounts of sugar in some of our best loved foods.
Would further study and subsequent report be necessary to spotlight the chilling effect a non-indictment and Wilson resignation will have on the residents of Ferguson, Missouri.
The three rows of panels are designed to generate the 7.8 kilowatts necessary to power spotlights fixed on the golden Oregon Pioneer statue at the building's apex; any excess would be diverted to the power grid.
None of those spotlight moments, all of which were necessary to get the Braves into the postseason as the wild card, could lift the shame from Conrad on Sunday night.
Removing the spotlight from schooling risks losing the focus necessary to improve the results of the groups that fall behind, says Alan Smithers of the University of Buckingham.
At other times a need acutely arises and someone steps forward, often with the necessary personality to embrace the spotlight but without the emotional stability to persist and ultimately survive the onslaught of celebrity.
Take breaks away when gestures are in the spotlight or when you're thinking as necessary, but then always return to looking at them in the eye.
