Word: fame
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Rawls was “untouched by the need to impress,” Margaret said, never letting his fame overcome his modesty...
...piece of the room—a collection of recordings bearing the Harvard Vocarium label—just obtained a bit of fame, inducted into the first annual National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress...
Smith has found, too, that fame isn’t exactly the same on both sides of the Atlantic. When Smith came to the United States after the success of White Teeth, she suddenly found herself expected to answer some of the most perplexing questions facing American society, such as how to end racism. In Britain, at least, “they don’t expect 21-year-olds to know that kind of thing...
...long did your fame last? Does anyone remember...
...magazine which will celebrate its 35th anniversary this year, prides itself on its political satire and raunchy photos. SCREW has published interviews with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Jack Nicholson and other stars (though most are preceded by the prefix porn). However, SCREW’s true claim to fame is its willingness to push the limits of printed pornography. Its best-selling issue was in 1973 when it printed nude photos of former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and sold 530,000 copies for 75 cents an issue...