It is those windows that have suddenly thrust the 50 Amish families here into an uncomfortable spotlight, placing them - and town officials - at loggerheads with the state.

He emerged into an uncomfortable spotlight last week when a videotape surfaced that apparently showed him offering a $15,000 bribe to an opposition congressman.

In 1993, Levi Strauss's decision to leave put an uncomfortable spotlight on the company when no other company followed suit.

Those allegations have placed an uncomfortable spotlight on after-school athletic programs, which, experts are learning, can present opportunities for abuse.

And those relationships placed him in an uncomfortable spotlight on one occasion.

It had what he calls a "disquieting" effect on his life, putting him in an uncomfortable spotlight.

The accounting maneuvers that the report says were used to fatten management's wallets do focus an uncomfortable spotlight on Fannie Mae's lush compensation practices.

But the previously inconspicuous Turkish community on the Island has been placed in an uncomfortable spotlight in recent months.

That was, at least, until a burgeoning corruption scandal suddenly thrust them into an uncomfortable national spotlight.

And recently, Ms. Taylor, who is the state's banking superintendent, has found herself in an uncomfortable spotlight.