Word: limelighted
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When the government of General Wojciech Jaruzelski declared an amnesty and released all political prisoners three weeks ago, leaders of the outlawed Solidarity trade-union movement were expected to savor their freedom while keeping out of the limelight. But diffidence has never been Solidarity's style, and last week union activists once again risked imprisonment by publicly challenging the regime...
...Loews chairman may have had other reasons for pursuing CBS. For perhaps the first time, Larry Tisch may have been attracted to the limelight, wanting some fame to go with his fortune. Says one CBS board source: "He is trying to give himself a new dimension." Cousin Elizabeth Drew disputes that view. Says she: "He is utterly secure. He is not doing this for an ego trip. He doesn't need the publicity or seek it, but he knows that it comes with the territory...
...anyone's guess. Though Tisch says, "I hope I'm connected with CBS for the rest of my life," he insists he will stay in the chief executive post only during a "brief transition period." Unless, of course, he discovers that he enjoys being a public figure in the limelight more than he ever thought he would...
Much more important, the University of California has divested of its $4 billion of South Africa-related holdings and taken the nationwide limelight for its actions. A similar move by Harvard now would not make so many waves...
...President. Unlike Henry Kissinger under Nixon and Ford and, to a slightly lesser degree, Zbigniew Brzezinski under Carter, Poindexter does not consider himself a virtual foreign-policy czar. He has neither the desire nor the personality to pressure other high officials into agreement. Instead, by avoiding the limelight, Poindexter believes he can effectively work out compromises among his large-ego clients...