Word: limelighted
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...fairly person who shuns the limelight, so his annual report is one of his most watched public statements. He said last month that he turned down at least 50 invitations to speak about the legal system after his report was published...
...StoneMn 1981, drew a bigger crowd) and to 7,000 more in Des Moines. Like most lowans, Democrat Sam Kauffman, a barber in Audubon (pop. 2,841), got a kick out of all the national attention. Said he "We don't get the chance for that kind of limelight very often...
...limelight promptly shifted to New Hampshire. The candidates' debate in Manchester Thursday was friendly and inconclusive. Glenn seemed loose; Hart tight. Jackson, who after a fast start was losing ground, let some more slip away When Moderator Barbara Walters asked him about reports that in private he often referred to Jews collectively as Hymie" and New York City as "Hymie-town," Jackson nervously dodged the question. "I am not anti-Semitic," he said. "I am not inclined to ... be insulting. The charges have intensified Jewish antagonism toward Jackson, already fierce because of his manifest sympathy for the Palestine Liberation...
Feldstein enjoys the limelight. Three weeks ago, he and his wife were in a Richmond art gallery when a man sidled up to him and said, "Give 'em hell." Feldstein beamed. He is receiving about 70 letters a week, most of them favorable. Keep it up." wrote a Seattle woman. "Thank you for calling 'em as you see 'em." wrote a man from Marietta, Ga. With supporters from coast to coast, maybe he will even find a few backat the Harvard faculty lounge...
...eyes will be on Finland's renowned Matti Nykanen. That is just fine with Jeff Hastings, 24, and Mike Holland, 22, both legitimate medal contenders. They have flown on their 16-lb. skis since their childhood days in Norwich, Vt. It was not a desire for the limelight that has had them flying. "Defying gravity for a few seconds is kind of addictive," says Hastings, who bested Nykanen at a December meet. The pair trains year round with four two-week European jaunts, warm-weather practice on plastic-matted jumps and such regimens as daily rides on unicycles...