Word: fame
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that was before guys who knew three guitar chords were dubbed artists and, as such, had to suffer out loud for their muse. Consumers of pop have become so used to dirges about life's rottenness, sung by grungesters crushed under the weight of money, fame, drugs and women, that any happy music seems like ad jingles. Even female singers, traditionally dainty types, got the message. Doesn't Alanis Morissette sound as if she's performing at riflepoint in a gulag...
...Fame is a fickle dame. Nick Matzorkis, who helped discover the bodies of the Heaven's Gate cult members and finagled that into a TV development deal with ABC, now has to cope with her nastier side. Matzorkis was jailed last week for an alleged probation violation for auto theft in Cleveland. Ohio authorities recognized him on TV. His publicist told the Los Angeles Times that the TV deal would not be affected...
...forced Robinson off the field during a minor league game in 1946.) He won over hostile teammates, opponents and newsmen with his ferocity on the field and grace off it. In his 10 short years in the majors, he revolutionized base running and carved out a Hall of Fame career. And he never stopped taking a lead. In his last public appearance, during the 1972 World Series, he chided major league baseball for not having a black manager...
Breton says that he is encouraging students to make their own comparisons. Students have selected final paper topics based on their own areas of interest, working on issues as diverse as Canadian and American attitudes towards fame, literary interpretation, and health care...
...Fame is the thirst of youth...