Word: limelight
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...seeing the adulation of selfish and materialistic athletes and musicians, I am grateful that TIME has underscored the real qualities that make a person a hero. Displaying love and empathy for the victims of severe misfortune, those caring people put the true value of the human spirit in the limelight. Your issue on Global Health and altruistic heroes forced me to ask, What kind of man am I if I do not help make this world better...
...means to trace the growing love story that snuck up on him and June Carter, princess of the singing Carter Family. Carter was Cash's polar opposite: sun to his shadow, a pixie to his wraith, as chatty as he was withdrawn, a natural comic at home in the limelight - whereas he seemed to have been dragged on stage to testify to the crimes and heartbreaks in his songs. (As she well knew, having co-written ?Ring of Fire? for Cash.) Reese Witherspoon captures Carter's raised-in-showbiz canniness, and with it a woman's no-nonsense resolve...
...Mile,” comparisons to Eminem’s silver screen debut are still inevitable. The pitch is simple: Take one of the world’s most famous rappers and make a movie about his Horatio Algiers-like ascent from the gutter to the limelight. Easy, right? But unfortunately, “Get Rich” strays from the “8 Mile” formula and finds itself caught between a “drug movie” and a “rap movie” without really committing to either. Along with overcoming prejudice...
...treating at Summers’ house; they wanted Summers to see the faces of those individuals most affected by the University’s insensitivity—the children. By shining a spotlight on the issue, the janitors and SLAM succeeded in keeping their views and campaign in the limelight. As for the actual requests of SLAM, Harvard’s decision to deny paternity/maternity leave and sick leave to janitors is rather cruel. It is a harsh blow to families and their ability to function healthily, and granting leaves to Harvard custodians would come at a small price...
...very impressed with your report on Asia's heroes [Oct. 10]. Sania Mirza and South Korean soccer star Park Ji Sung have boosted the image of Asian athletes to new heights. Asia has always had great sports stars, but until now, very few managed to steal the limelight from Europe's important athletes. All Asia now identifies the British football club of Manchester United with Park?no mean achievement. And the Indian belle Mirza has taken the tennis world by storm. Subhobrata Basu Kolkata, India...