Word: limelight
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...delegate-selection process discriminated against outsiders like himself, Jackson demanded major reforms before the primaries begin. In so doing, he became a lightning rod for other disaffected long shots. Hart, Rollings and George McGovern all jumped to second Jackson's complaints. Hart was so enthralled by the limelight shining on Jackson that he decided to share it, and word spread that he would begin making joint appearances with the charismatic preacher. "The rules make the party undemocratic," charged McGovern. "They help a front runner, a candidate with money who is first...
...English born and Oxford educated Knowles also is pursed for personal assets, stick as an eloquent public speaking number and it gilt for diplomacy. Moreover, as some one who has stayed out of the limelight especially on sabbatical this year. Knowles seems to have avoided gelling involved in contentious issues that divide Faculty opinion...
...these last three years, few threesomes have been more responsible for bringing the Crimson squad out of the depths of despair and into the national limelight...
...still yell "Run, Jesse, run!" and he still acts as if that is precisely what he has in mind. But Jesse Jackson, who had planned to announce his candidacy for the Democratic nomination last month, is finding that a run at the presidency cannot be fueled by ego and limelight alone. Clergymen this summer optimistically promised that $10 million could be raised for Jackson from the nation's network of black churches. But that plan was opposed by the Rev. T.J. Jemison, leader of the powerful National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc., who opposes mixing politics and religion. So Jackson...
Today, before leaping at every scheme thrown out for public schools, educators and policy makers need a lasting and cohesive plan to institutionalize community support for community schools. Though education hovers in the political limelight now, history shows that such tides of interest flow sporadically, perhaps rolling back after the next election. Local groups should capture current interest and preserve it--a community united around education might just find some common ground on other issues as well...