21.   News of ongoing talks between McDonnell Douglas Corp. and Raytheon Co. have once again turned the spotlight on Raytheon as it charts its course for the post-Cold War world.

22.   Officials went to great lengths on Wednesday to downplay that friction, and turn the spotlight on the promotion of Ralston.

23.   Republican Party officials sought to turn the spotlight on Democrats, who have spent most of August hammering away at the Republican handling of the budget.

24.   Secretary-General Kofi Annan turned the spotlight back on Africans in his opening speech.

25.   The Baron case has turned a spotlight on the role of clearing brokers in the complex machinery of Wall Street.

26.   The Japanese media crush has turned the spotlight on other native sons.

27.   The other night, he turned a spotlight on it and just stared for a while.

28.   This is an opportunity to turn a spotlight on the ugly and mostly hidden problem of sexual contact between public school staff members and students.

29.   Those deals turned a spotlight on a business that had generally been shunned by Wall Street because of its unpredictable profits and idiosyncratic management.

30.   Two Hispanic marketing firms recently snared accounts that promise to turn the spotlight on both agencies and San Antonio.