Word: idol
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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EXPLAINING to the Japanese newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun why he had not been promoted to grand champion, American-born sumo wrestler Konishiki said, "Strictly speaking, this is racial discrimination." By week's end, however, the 576-lb. idol backed down and said his remarks had been "misinterpreted...
...some of the most famous performers in the rock world. While the best known member is frontman John "Johnny Rotten" Lydon, former singer for the legendary Sex Pistols, fellow musicians Allan Dias (bass), John McGeoch (guitar) and Mike Joyce (drums) have played for such bands as The Smiths, Billy Idol, Siouxsie and the Banshees and Sinead O'Connor...
...experienced an epiphany. I would act as nobly, as selflessly as my newfound idol. It was simple...
...style is most striking in contrast to the sport's Las Vegas running rebel, Andre Agassi, a model of meticulously manicured grubbiness . whose endorsement career is tied to the unconsciously self-damning phrase "Image is everything." Courier's image is Everyman. Agassi has devoted himself to becoming a teen idol, in the process stirring more talk about his hairdos and haberdashery than about his serves and volleys. When reporters mention Agassi's millions from endorsement deals, Courier replies that he can make plenty wielding a racquet. Not that he is ruling out any options -- he has just auditioned...
During the 1950s, BOBBY DARIN was a teen idol who wrote and sang some classic rockers (Splish Splash, Dream Lover), then decided to turn himself into Sinatra. No one ever said Darin was modest. That brashness, in fact, was part of his whole charming, overreaching package, which is welcomely represented on two Atlantic CDs called The Best of Bobby Darin (Splish Splash and Mack the Knife). Mack, of course, became Darin's signature song, making him equally at home in supper clubs and on American Bandstand. He went to Hollywood, made movies, played Vegas and laid down some exceptional, swinging...