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Word: limelight (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...himself, advising Gromyko in no uncertain terms to go back to the bargaining table with the Reagan Administration and upholding the President's supreme jurisdiction over national security and diplomatic matters. Despite the heatedness of the Presidential campaign now, Mondale last week did not try to steal Reagan's limelight--and in the process, emerged as a more responsible and mature leader himself...

Author: By Jean E. Engelmayer, | Title: Hedging Their Bets | 10/3/1984 | See Source »

...pages, and few critics took notice of a book about a journalist's buffoonish terror tactics during a newspaper strike. Read then, The Ink Truck might easily have been mistaken for a political statement about the freedom-loving workers' battle against the oppressive Establishment. Now, by the limelight of the Kennedy phenomenon, the book can be seen freshly for what it is: a bawdy Celtic romp reminiscent of J.P. Donleavy's 30-year-old tour de force, The Ginger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Winning Rebel with a Lost Cause | 10/1/1984 | See Source »

Students leave Cambridge in June, but most professors do not, especially scientists, whose lab experiments do not run by the academic calendar. The past summer saw a number of Harvard scientists step into the limelight with the announcement of a new finding or discovery...

Author: By Michael J. Abramowitz, | Title: While You Were Out | 9/17/1984 | See Source »

...Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) is once again a hot topic at Harvard. While the College and the Core monopolized the Faculty's attention for over a decade, the grad school is now getting its share of the limelight. Five departments have changed their graduate programs in the past year, and the GSAS itself is receiving its first searching review in 15 years...

Author: By Charles T. Kurzman, | Title: Bracing for a Change | 9/13/1984 | See Source »

Students leave Cambridge in June, but most professors do not, especially scientists, whose lab experiments do not run by the academic calendar. The past summer saw a number of Harvard scientists step into the limelight with the announcement of a new finding or discovery...

Author: By Michael J. Abramowitz, | Title: While You Were Out | 9/13/1984 | See Source »

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