Word: famed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Arthur Ashe never rested with fame. He used the strength of his voice and the power of his example to open the doors of opportunity for other African Americans, fighting discrimination in America and around the world," Clinton said in a statement issued by the White House...
Everyone knows there isn't much consolation in winning third place, but the Eagles and Huskies will fight it out nevertheless, playing not so much for fame but for less shame...
...PLEASURE TO MEET UP AGAIN with the Wittings, the warm, turn-of-the- century farm family introduced in Sarah, Plain and Tall, the Hallmark Hall of Fame 1991 hit. In SKYLARK (Feb. 7, CBS), the mail-order marriage of Sarah (Glenn Close) and Jacob (Christopher Walken) has turned into a tender love match, and Sarah's stepchildren are thriving. The problem is nature: a serious drought is threatening life on the Kansas plains. In Sarah, Jacob was the one who had to put his past in perspective; this time, the drought forces his wife to take a similar journey. Unfortunately...
...late a certain desperation has entered Koons' output -- or so one might judge from a series of paintings and sculptures titled Made in Heaven. They depict Koons having various forms of sex with his wife Ilona Staller, the Italian porn star-politician who rose to fame under the name Cicciolina. The results range in size from small glass figurines to a photo-based mural. The centerpiece is an over-life-size carving of Cicciolina and her swain in rapture, like Adam and Eve, with a giant python curled around their plinth. As pornography, these works are inefficiently winsome...
...attorney and children's rights activist, might be more palatable to Wellesley students. But it's important to remember that Clinton is only the object of national attention because her husband ran for president--and won. The First Lady shouldn't be a model for American women. Catapulted into fame and glory simply because of your marriage? That smacks of royalty. It's like marrying into superpower; wouldn't it be best to earn it all on your...