Word: fame
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Since Dylan’s initial ascendancy to fame, he has been constantly evaluating and re-evaluating his own image and style of music...
...that I think is enough to brand both as sell-outs. The conflict started in the summer of 2004 when the Postal Service band faced a copyright infringement lawsuit from the Postal Service mail service. Why did the USPS care? Because the Postal Service band had earned far more fame and record sales than are appropriate to its label; its debut Give Up became Subpop’s second highest all-time seller, behind Bleach, the debut from another group of proud sell-outs. And also because the band’s burst of popularity was deemed nominally threatening...
...have it both ways? The answer, if we’re to believe in indie rock like Victoria believed in Santa, the way I want to believe in indie rock, is no. And Bill, don’t even try to summon Death Cab’s fame as a way of legitimize this deal—independent or not, they suck and besides, no one is trying to take that name. But it’s both members of the Postal Service (band) that have enjoyed the most fruits of this attention-getting scandal: their album remains...
...popularity of musicals waned, he moved on to small parts in western, war and sci-fi movies. In 1981, Keel landed the role of oil-rich widower Clayton Farlow on one of TV's most popular nighttime soaps, Dallas. Although his nonsinging years on the small screen brought enduring fame, Keel maintained that "there is nothing more fulfilling than standing on a stage when you're in a good voice and belting out songs...
Governor Dean, who rose to national fame last year as the early frontrunner prominence the Democratic primary, was on campus to speak at a study group at the Institute of Politics (IOP) led by Fellow Jeff Amestoy, the former Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court appointed by Dean. Before the study group, Dean took questions from members of the Harvard College Democrats and other students in Kirkland...