Word: famed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...even Lynch must know that every fad must fade. Any enthusiasm with the velocity of Twin Peaks mania is bound to boomerang. "Fame is an unnatural thing," says Mark Frost, Lynch's TV partner and Twin Peaks co-producer. "There is no equivalent to it in the animal kingdom." A director on the edge gets critical indulgences when he steps into the mainstream; a director on top is ripe for a raspberry. The trick for Lynch is to keep the ebb of acclaim from affecting either his work or his attitude toward...
...summa graduate of Harvard, William F. Weld--of Weld Hall fame--combines the tasteful aristocratic flair of the president with his deeply conservative opposition to government spending. Also like George, William used his political connections to gain access to jobs that have brought him a wealth of managerial experience...
Some of the Kids' trouble "goes with the fame," Lewin said. "It may just come with the territory," the attorney said...
...Kids, who have won fame and financial success on the backs of their image as good, drug-free, hardworking teens, the fight is just one in a growing series of incidents that run contrary to their carefully crafted band persona...
...crisis in the gulf propelled the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to a rare sort of fame: a life-size cardboard figure beside which Washington tourists can stand and be photographed with an arm around Powell. He joins Presidents, First Ladies and Ollie North...