Word: famed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...seem to have jobs. They eat, drink and breathe hockey. Even the first graders are in on the latest hockey gossip. The trouble begins when this dinky city falls victim to a publicity stunt directed by one of their own former residents who is in search of big city fame. His article in Sports Illustrated sparks interest in Mystery's "Saturday Game" hockey club, the central artery of the town's existence, bringing a flurry of attention to the tiny town. The same bygone resident fulfills his brilliant plan and flies the world-famous New York Rangers in to face...
Indeed, Hawking drew a crowd because of his fame. Bound to a wheelchair for his adult life, he has overcome his handicap to become the world's foremost expert on theoretical physics. Each of his lectures took 30 hours to prepare, and he still managed to write another paper during his one-week stay at Harvard...
...have their child be a jock. The pressure was always on him to study harder, aim higher, make something more of himself. And Bradley was willing to stay up half the night after a big win--not partying but studying. He seemed to enjoy the punishment. As his fame grew, he found escape in what he calls "a deepening of my own private world." He had to figure out who he was and what he wanted--choosing Princeton over basketball powerhouse Duke, for example, because Princeton graduated more Rhodes scholars and he wanted to go to Oxford. After graduating from...
...prime example of sweat and storytelling is Richard Shindell, a sensitive middle-aged singer/songwriter of growing fame but not fashion sense. Shindell appeared haggard in his black t-shirt and jeans, but as he wended his way through signature songs like "Darkness, Darkness," "Reunion Hill," "Arrowhead" and "Are You Happy Now?" the crowd warmed. Under the influence of his strong strumming hand and carefully written lyrics, he evoked images ranging from a traffic jam on the Pennsylvania Turnpike to a young Confederate soldier running scared. The audience received new songs like "Wisteria" with less enthusiasm. Perhaps such mini-flops could...
...more people know his name than, say, that of Harry Heilmann, a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame...