Word: limelight
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...havoc once again in the furor over the fake diaries [May 16]. Even in death, Hitler has destroyed the reputation and credibility of gullible historians and editors, most notably those at the magazine Stern. All it took was a forger for the Fűhrer to bask in the limelight yet another time. Had the diaries proved authentic, then collectors would have been at one another's throats to own the journals of a man who caused such worldwide suffering...
...mention in Lennon's rocking celebration of that event, The Ballad of John and Yoko. Throughout The Love You Make, Brown studiously keeps himself in the background, while the Beatles are pushed forward into the glare of revisionist celebrity. The book is like a police lineup lit by limelight...
Unlike his predecessors, Presser basks in the limelight. He employs publicity agents and has been trying to cultivate a "statesmanlike" image, promising to lead the Teamsters in a "progressive new direction." His supporters say he has the aggressive style of leadership that the union needs. His detractors insist he will be hampered by the allegations of corruption and ties to organized crime that have dogged him over the years. Presser has never been charged with a crime and has denied all allegations. But he is under investigation by the Labor Department for allegations that his Ohio local was signing paychecks...
...really Mac Sledge?" Mac (Robert Duvall) squints and says, "Yes, I guess I was." A successful country songwriter is what he was, and the husband of a high-octane singer named Dixie (Betty Buckley), till a nasty temper and too much liquor drove him out of Dixie's limelight. Now he is trying to find a modest parcel of dignity for himself, his new wife Rosa Lee (Tess Harper) and her boy Sonny (Allan Hubbard). But it's hard: "I'm missin' the music. I may not be any good any more, but that doesn...
...came here to play and everyone's talking about Tim Sheehy," Neil recalls. "It sort of put me in the limelight right from the start...