Word: limelight
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...year after that, his verses on “Clint Eastwood” would help Damon Albarn bring his virtual band Gorillaz into the limelight. He’s been called Del, D, Diesel, Dr. Bombay, Deltron 0, and Del Diablo Diabolique and his music has been featured in countless skate and snowboard movies and in just about every Tony Hawk video game. Whether you know it or not, you’ve heard Del tha Funkee Homosapien, but just in case you don’t remember, “11th Hour” should serve as a fine...
...Tussaud's imparts a lesson to the schoolkids and tourists who tramp through its labyrinthine exhibits, it's about the pre-eminence of pop culture, and the random nature - and transience - of fame. Hollywood A-listers, sports people and British royals hog the limelight. There are 400-odd figures on show, but all scientific endeavor is represented by Isaac Newton, Stephen Hawking, Charles Darwin, Isambard Kingdom Brunel and TIME's Person of the Century, Albert Einstein, who share a small annex with Vincent Van Gogh, William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens and Oscar Wilde. In the dim light of the first gallery...
...downside: Battling the press is a short-term tactic, not a long-term strategy. You blast away for weeks, the smoke settles...and the press is still there. After Clinton's strong showing Tuesday, the limelight is likely to swing back her way. She won't look as much like an abused underdog, and her coverage will feel less elegiac. Nothing dims the glow of sympathy like success...
...lineup a year ago. Lone Star political junkies resigned themselves to the conventional wisdom that the race would be over by the time March 4 rolled around. But with many now arguing that Hillary Clinton's chance at the nomination hangs in the balance, Texas Democrats are enjoying the limelight and energized after years of enduring Republican dominance at the statehouse. The cry for tickets went up within minutes of the announcement on February 11, but organizers initially responded that there would be no general admission seats and tickets would be reserved for the University of Texas, the Texas Democratic...
...activists played a prominent part in the 19 days of mass demonstrations in April 2006 that ended King Gyanendra's absolute rule and led to the reconvening of parliament. The surge of popular goodwill at the time catapulted the guerrillas out of their jungle redoubts and into the international limelight. Prachanda, whose very existence had been in doubt only a few years before, appeared on televisions regionwide, saluting crowds and pressing the flesh. A King had been toppled, a war ended, and change in Nepal looked very much...