Protected from the scrutiny of critics, they could work out the kinks before facing Manhattan's harsh spotlight.

And he is not in a harsh public spotlight.

Companies William Agee has been caught again in the harsh spotlight of corporate politics.

Now he and his wife are once again caught in the harsh spotlight of corporate politics.

But a tragic episode last week has thrust them into a harsh spotlight.

Are the harsh spotlight and legal spat hurting the stock?

For one thing, few executives enjoy having their pay packages put under a harsh public spotlight.

The overwhelming interest inevitably turned a harsh spotlight on the McCanns.

Now, for the first time, a District 2 school has come under a harsher spotlight.

A number of seemingly outsize severance payments have come under a harsh spotlight in recent months.