Word: limelight
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...shared the limelight in Zurich with American Renaldo Nehemiah, 22, who became the first man in history to run the 110-meter high hurdles in less than 13 sec. His 12.93 performance came after two frustrating years of injuries, a change of coaches and acrimony over his decision to drop out of the University of Maryland. Said Nehemiah: "This means the world to me after having a couple of disappointing years when I doubted my ability and honestly wondered if I was washed up. Now there's no question as to how good...
...limelight of fame casts its deepest shadow on those who stand next to it. That is Playwright Furth's proposition in this crackling light comedy. In a belated bid for personal visibility, Ellen (Hope Lange) has written an intimately detailed roman à clef profiling her Pulitzer-prize winning (Presidents and Precedents) novelist husband and a quartet of her best friends...
...TIME bureau in London, the wedding celebration was the climax of a story that had been building since Lady Diana first tripped into the limelight eleven months ago. Correspondent Mary Cronin observed the wedding party from the Victoria Memorial across from Buckingham Palace. Inside St. Paul's Cathedral, London Bureau Chief Bonnie Angelo sat directly behind the royal family, hidden from public view by columns. Says she: "It was an exhausting story, but now that it's over, we'll miss the continuing saga of the handsome Prince who found his beautiful Princess...
...Carter Administration. As city council president, Caliguiri automatically became interim mayor; an Italian immigrant's son and home-town boy, he got his first city job, as he puts it, as "a grunt in the parks department." In return for six months in the municipal limelight, Caliguiri promised Democratic bosses that he wouldn't run for a full term. Or so they understood. Shortly after the primary, lifelong Party Regular Caliguiri turned uppity and declared himself an independent candidate. He cannily put the city's money where his mouth was. Between taking over as mayor and easily...
...issues, the GSA launched a campaign this spring to obtain an official College stance opposing discrimination against gays. The proposal made it as far as the Faculty Council; and although that body denied the need for the policy, the GSA's efforts forced gay issues into the administrative limelight...