Word: limelight
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...about entering politics six years ago - she had worked in commercial real estate before running successfully in 1994 for state senate - Harris has apparently found her groove. And not a moment too soon: After Jeb Bush recused himself from the Florida recount procedures, state law thrust Harris into the limelight. Her first task? Trying to convince observers that she can, in fact, serve impartially in the most treacherous political minefield in memory...
...didn't matter that the vice president lacked Clinton's musk; that he was a flustered understudy pushed into the limelight when the star's run had ended. The right could fluff Gore up to satanic status, for nearly the same reason late-night comics could turn his stiffness into schtick. In a business less interested in issues than in personalities, one group of entertainers needed somebody to laugh at; the other group needed somebody to be furious at. The impulse had as much to do with showbiz as with politics. When the post-election fray was joined by Jesse...
...ready to step into the limelight, just like Hillary. No apologies, no excuses, we even have our own own club (the Seneca) and were going to show those old boys what we're made of. That twerp Lazio? He's toast. C'mon girls, let's show Hillary we're made of the stronger stuff...
...yawning chasm should help sway a few votes; maybe a couple of them actually made up their minds last night. (At this point, of course, the "undecideds" have gotten more attention from the national media than the candidates themselves, and none of them seem particularly interested in abandoning the limelight or taking a moment away from their CNN/NBC/ABC interviews to make a decision...
...Kostunica, a 56-year-old lawyer who is backed by 18 opposition parties. Kostunica has stylized himself as a moderate nationalist and a firm proponent of democratic principles. The voices of Serbs have indeed gone unheard long enough. Kostunica would be wise to use this moment in the limelight to convince Serbs and the international community of his commitment to a real, working democracy. It is about time for a new, more peaceful chapter in Yugoslavia's troubling history...